Conflict has been a critical factor in the making of contemporary Africa, and its study is key to understanding the continent's tortuous history. "Hot Spot: Sub-Saharan Africa" analyzes the area's major, post-independence conflicts intense enough to threaten national, regional, or international security.
This work defines conflict broadly to encompass political instability and state failure, ethno-religious tensions, government and political corruption, economic mismanagement and poverty, cult violence, and youth gangsterism. Thematically organized chapters examine the origins and...
Conflict has been a critical factor in the making of contemporary Africa, and its study is key to understanding the continent's tortuous history. "...
Fast growing in population, African immigrants in the United States have become a significant force, to the point that the idea of a new African diaspora is now a reality. This thriving community has opened new arenas of scholarly discourse on Black Atlantic history beyond the trans-Atlantic slave trade and its legacies.
This book investigates the complex dynamic forces that have shaped, and continue to shape, this new diaspora. In eleven original essays, the volume examines pertinent themes, such as: immigration, integration dilemmas, identity construction, brain drain, remittances,...
Fast growing in population, African immigrants in the United States have become a significant force, to the point that the idea of a new African di...
