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The aim of this book is to provide comprehensive understanding of industrial economics and its applicability to African countries.The book is expected to serve as an intellectual and pedagogical support to teaching. It is a vital resource material for both undergraduate...
This book is the outcome of a systematic process of reflection conducted by a multidisciplinary team of Zairian intellectuals, and focused on developments rocking Zaïre since independence. Against a backdrop of social upheaval, democratic protest, economic crisis and...
Africa is a continent rich in mineral and energy resources. But there is no escaping the alarming conclusion that these resources have been over-exploited in the interests of foreign accumulation. Most African countries are heavily dependent on mineral and oil earnings...
Dani Wadada Nabudere, the illustrious Ugandan scholar, produced a diverse body of work on various aspects of African culture, politics, and philosophy. Toward the end of his life, he formulated a theoretical construct that he termed « Afrikology ». Unlike most other...
Transport and communication, basic health services, water supply and even cultural services are essential to any country's sense of well-being and its survival. Although Sierra Leone has had political independence since 1961, the country is still struggling to provide...
Ghana Under PNDC Rule analyses the changes in Ghanaian society under Rawlings's Provisional National Defence Council, the longest serving government in the country's turbulent history. Since 1981, Rawlings has become a favourite of the World Bank and the International...
In its experience of colonialism, Swaziland is not alone. The broad trends identified in the transformation of pre-colonial African societies apply equally to this country, surrounded on three sides by South Africa.In the development from the colonial to the capitalist...
The purpose of this work is to provide an overview of the topic under study. In doing this we shall of course discuss a series of texts, but it is no part of our intention here to place any particular emphasis on a critique of methodological approaches, of textual...
The Interface of Agrarian Structure, Agricultural Technology, Reform and the Problem of Distribution and Accumulation in Ethiopian Agriculture (1966-1980)
No one can fail to be aware of the incredible impact that the IMF and the World Bank have had on Africa. Their structural adjustment programmes were deliberately designed to shock African economies into free market reform and ensuing stability. But when « getting the...
Organizations in rural areas are formed for a wide variety of purposes, and assume a multitude of roles. Their objectives may be economic, social, religious, mutual welfare or community integration. They may be homogeneous or heterogeneous, class-specific or...
This brilliant contribution to African social science presents an original theory of social formations with a new methodological approach. Professor Mafeje critically reviews the works of orthodox anthropologists, questioning the impact on African Studies of both...
The Congo mission of CODESRIA took place in September 1997, in the interregnum between the First Rebellion against Mobutu and the Second Rebellion against Kabila.The mission comprised two members, Jacques Depelchin and Mahmood Mamdani (chair).1 Conceptualized as the...
« Riveting, compelling, engaging and inspiring... Not only is Kenya : The Struggle for Democracy a book of first-rate scholarship, it is an informative and readable treatise on the everyday expressions of Kenyan citizens' intense passion for openness, justice and...
« This is a ground-breaking, nuanced and comprehensive book that grapples with how developing countries in general and Ghana in particular have endured and responded to a decade of neo-liberal ascendancy. Based on astute research, experiences and analysis, the book...
Since the late 50s when most countries on the continent achieved their independence, Africa and African societies have been subject to the most shrewd queries and problems. However, despite all the literature produced, it should be recognized, that to date, both Africa...
From the social point of view, the study hopes to contribute to the solution of ethnic conflicts in Africa. The need for a solution is urgent because of the pervasiveness of these conflicts, and their destructiveness of African socio-political stability and economic...
The framework we have chosen for the study attempts to provide a systemic picture of peasant society's struggle for existence.The resource flow system's approach regards everyday forms of peasant survival as essential to the understanding of the socio-economic condition...
This working paper is an attempt to construct an approach to the analysis of political disorder (in the sense of partial or total obliteration of instituted order) in which territorial elements could be seen as keys for interpretation. The goal is to contribute to the...
Since independence in 1980, Zimbabwe's radical socialist government has struggled to steer the nation into development and prosperity. The engine for that drive has been public administration - but one inherited from a distinctly different, and antagonistic, colonial...
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