Perspectives on Africa and the World

by Tukufu Zuberi

• ISBN13: 9781412993951
• ISBN10: 1412993954
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-04
• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc

Summary

Although Africa seems to most people a remote and impoverished place remembered for the suffering of its people, it has played an important role in recent history, and it will play a significant role in the future of America and the West in general. This volume of the ANNALS, Perspectives on Africa and the World, provides a unique opportunity for fresh insight into the continent's past, present, and future by examining crucial historical turning points in African history over the past 75 years. The distinguished authors emphasize that understanding the reality of Africa in the twenty-first century requires viewing the continent within a broader context of recent world history. Through the lens of four watershed events-World War II, the end of colonialism, the cold war, and the new global interconnections- they show how much of what happens on the African continent has its origins in Washington, London, Paris, Moscow, or Beijing, just as events in Africa can shape the politics and economies of the world, and that we ignore Africa to our own peril.

Table of Contents

Introduction: a Perspective on Africa and the World

Black Africans in World War II: The SoldiersâÇÖ Stories

The Ogaden War and the Demise of Détente

Decolonization or National Liberation: Debating the End of British Colonial Rule in Africa

Radical Islam in East Africa

Debating Darfur in the World

The United States of Africa: a Revisit

AfricaâÇÖs Development beyond Aid: Getting Out of the Box

Afrocentricty and the Argument for Civic Commitment: Ideology and Citizenship in a United States of Africa

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