This work investigates the strengths and weaknesses of seed management in traditional farming systems. Many of the current controversies over globalization, intellectual property …
What will Africa look like in the 2057? A number of distinguished Africans, representing a broad range of disciplines ask what will the continent look like in 2057, a century on …
A compelling exploration of one of the most ill-advised and calamitous interventions in colonial development history. As colonial development took off after the Second World War, …
Examines the war in Sierra Leone as a crisis of modernity. Do small wars in Africa manifest a 'new barbarism'? What appears as random, anarchic violence is no such thing. The …
Examines Eritrea's deprivation of human rights since independence and its transformation into a militarised "garrison state", updated to include the recent UN Commission of Inquiry …
How does power impact on sustainable development? The experience of many South Asian and Latin American countries demonstrates that the power of local NGOs can contribute to …
Amaury Talbot Prize Winner Shows that Somalia is an extreme case of an economy without a government. Does statelessness necessarily mean anarchy and disorder? Clan elders, …
Examines how pastoral peoples imagine, or even design, their futures under the pressure of changing environments and large-scale government projects. In East Africa and beyond, …
An introductory text. This overview of Africa is intended as an introduction for people who have a professional contact with the continent, such as workers in NGOs and …
The Standard Text Book. This work is intended as an accessible introduction to Africa for travellers and other individuals in search of a general account of the continent. In …
