Africa Diversity and Development

Name: Africa Diversity and Development
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ISBN: 9780415413688

ISBN-10: 0415413680

ISBN-13: 9780415413688

Edition: 2011

Authors: Tony Binns, Alan Dixon, Etienne Nel

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For many, Africa is regarded as a place of mystery and negative images, where reports of natural disasters and civil strife dominate media attention, with relatively little publicity given to any of the continent'¬"s more positive attributes. Africa has at last begun to receive the depth of interest it has long deserved, in the shape of debates about trade, aid and debt, the '¬ÜMake Poverty History'¬" campaign, and the UK '¬ÜCommission on Africa'¬". But, behind the superficial media façade, Africa is a diverse, complex and dynamic place, with a rich history and a colonial engagement that, although short-lived, was fundamental in determining the long-term future of the continent. At the…

Book details

List price: $63.95
Copyright year: 2011
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 2/9/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 7.00" wide x 10.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English



List of plates


List of figures


List of tables


List of boxes


Preface



Africa: continuity and change



Africa's people



African environments



Rural Africa



Urban Africa



Health and development



Conflict and post-conflict



African economies



Developing Africa



What future for Africa?


References


Index