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1. Igbo Women and Economic Transformation in Southeastern Nigeria, 1900-1960

   By Gloria Chuku

   Series: African Studies

   This study analyzes the complexity and flexibility of gender relations in Igbo society, with emphasis on such major cultural zones as the Anioma, the Ngwa, the Onitsha, the Nsukka, and the Aro....

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
2. Nefer

   The Aesthetic Ideal in Classical Egypt

   By Willie Cannon-Brown

   Series: African Studies

   This book provides an original treatment of the concept of good and beauty in ancient Egypt. It seeks to examine the dimensions of nefer, the term used to describe the good and the beautiful, within the context of ordinary life. Because the book is based upon original research on ancient Egypt...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
3. Law, Morality, and International Armed Intervention

   The United Nations and ECOWAS

   By Mourtada Deme

   Series: African Studies

   International law is often manipulated in the debate about humanitarian intervention. The Liberian case provides an opportunity to challenge the UN and The Economic Community of West African States' (ECOWAS') new approach. ECOWAS and the UN's justifications for moving away from the current norms...

   Published March 21st 2013 by Routledge
4. The Hidden Debate

   The Truth Revealed about the Battle over Affirmative Action in South Africa and the United States

   By Akil Kokayi Khalfani

   Series: African Studies

   The Hidden Debate is a fresh and cutting-edge comparative analysis of the ongoing and highly charged social conflict over affirmative action in South Africa and the United States. The debate over affirmative action has raged for over 30 years in the United States and since the early 1990s in South...

   Published February 12th 2013 by Routledge
5. Doing Justice without the State

   The Afikpo (Ehugbo) Nigeria Model

   By Ogbonnaya Oko Elechi

   Series: African Studies

   This study examines the principles and practices of the Afikpo (Eugbo) Nigeria indigenous justice system in contemporary times. Like most African societies, the Afikpo indigenous justice system employs restorative, transformative and communitarian principles in conflict resolution. This book...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
6. The Role of the Press and Communication Technology in Democratization

   The Nigerian Story

   By Aje-Ori Anna Agbese

   Series: African Studies

   In the 1990s, Nigeria, like several countries in Asia, Africa, Eastern Europe and Latin America, underwent transition programs to return the country to democracy. Nigeria’s democratization in the 1990s was a civil and international movement to free Nigeria from over 20 years of authoritarian...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
7. The NGO Factor in Africa

   The Case of Arrested Development in Kenya

   By Maurice N. Amutabi

   Series: African Studies

   The book breaks new ground in understanding the role of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Africa. The book historicizes NGOs using the Rockefeller Foundation as a case study, looking at its tripartite paradoxical roles as an agent of colonialism, globalization and development/...

   Published January 10th 2013 by Routledge
8. Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa

   By Chima J. Korieh, Raphael Chijioke Njoku

   Series: African Studies

   Missions, States, and European Expansion in Africa aims to explore the ways Christianity and colonialism acted as hegemonic or counter hegemonic forces in the making of African societies. As Western interventionist forces, Christianity and colonialism were crucial in establishing and maintaining...

   Published December 14th 2012 by Routledge
9. African Minorities in the New World

   Edited by Toyin Falola, Niyi Afolabi

   Series: African Studies

   This book uncovers the reality that new African immigrants now represent a significant force in the configuration of American polity and identity especially in the last forty years. Despite their minority status, African immigrants are making their marks in various areas of human endeavor and...

   Published November 27th 2012 by Routledge
10. Contending Political Paradigms in Africa

    Rationality and the Politics of Democratization in Kenya and Zambia

    By Shadrack Wanjala Nasong’o

    Series: African Studies

    This book focuses on the politics of democratization in Africa, especially the strategic choices of the political elite, both incumbent and opposition within the context of transition politics. The decade 1990- 2000 saw a total of 78 top leadership elections involving 43 of the 48 sub-Saharan...

    Published November 13th 2012 by Routledge