Africa Contemporary Africa

Name: Africa Contemporary Africa
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ISBN: 9780890892039

ISBN-10: 0890892032

ISBN-13: 9780890892039

Edition: 2003

Authors: Toyin Falola

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Contemporary Africa, edited by Toyin Falola captures the challenges, optimism and problems that face modern Africa, notably those of economic underdevelopment and political instability. African countries seek various answers, and they have recorded varying degrees of success as they attempt to unite their peoples to build strong nations, develop their economies, and stabilize their politics. Failures have equally been recorded in a number of places, although these have not prevented the search for new solutions nor dampened the enthusiasm of Africans in liberating themselves from poverty. Among the leading issues that the volume pays attention to are: the achievements of independence, the…

Book details

List price: $59.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Carolina Academic Press
Publication date: 1/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1000
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.75" tall
Weight: 3.608
Language: English

Toyin Falola, the Frances Higginbothom Nalle Centennial Professor of History at the University of Texas at Austin, is author of The Culture and Customs of Nigeria.Matt D. Childs is Assistant Professor in Caribbean History at Florida State University.