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Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Africa has been coveted for its riches ever since the era of the Pharaohs. In past centuries, it was the lure of gold, ivory, and slaves that drew fortune-seekers, merchant-adventurers, and conquerors from afar. In modern times, the focus of attention is on oil, diamonds, and other valuable minerals. Land was another prize. The Romans relied on their colonies in northern Africa for vital grain shipments to feed the population of Rome. Arab invaders...
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
After years of frustration at the stifling atmosphere of political correctness surrounding discussions of Africa, long time World Bank official Robert Calderisi speaks out. He boldly reveals how most of Africa's misfortunes are self-imposed, and why the world must now deal differently with the continent.
Here we learn that Africa has steadily lost markets by its own mismanagement, that even capitalist countries are anti-business, that African family...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Nobel Laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement, Wangari Maathai has campaigned for environmental activism in Africa for more than three decades. In The Challenge for Africa, Maathai delivers an insightful call to action, presenting a realistic look at the diverse problems facing Africans. Maathai's ability to dissect cultural problems and pose solutions individuals can follow has made her one of the most respected women in Africa today.
16) The President's initiatives: building the U.S.-Africa partnership : hand-in-hand in the 21st century
Publisher
Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., distributor
Pub. Date
1999]
Language
English
18) The looting machine: warlords, oligarchs, corporations, smugglers, and the theft of Africa's wealth
Author
Publisher
Public Affairs
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The trade in oil, gas, gems, metals and rare earth minerals wreaks havoc in Africa. During the years when Brazil, India, China and the other "emerging markets" have transformed their economies, Africa's resource states remained tethered to the bottom of the industrial supply chain. While Africa accounts for about 30 per cent of the world's reserves of hydrocarbons and minerals and 14 per cent of the world's population, its share of global manufacturing...
20) Africa
Publisher
National Geographic Television
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
An unprecedented look at the continent of Africa, as seen through the eyes of the African people. Experience the skills needed to survive, not only the climate, but the social and economic conditions as well.