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Cry my Beloved Africa
Langaa RPCIG 2008; US$ 24.95Cry My Beloved Africa is a compendium of essays having as locus the continent of Africa. It comprises insightful observations on the politics, governmental systems, political economy, cultural practices, educational systems and natural phenomena that impact on the lives of Africans. True to the tradition of French novelist Stendhal, the author intends... more...
The Assassination of Herbert Chitepo
Indiana University Press 2003; US$ 12.75On March 18, 1975, Herbert Chitepo, an African nationalist in exile and chairman of the war council that struggled to liberate Zimbabwe from white-ruled Rhodesia, was killed by a car bomb. Since then, there have been four confessions and at least as many accusations about who was responsible. In The... more...
Twenty Years of Independence in Zimbabwe
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 148.00This collection offers comprehensive insights into pivotal areas of concern regarding developments in Zimbabwe since its independence. By disclosing the intra-elite competition, assessing the performance of Zimbabwe's economy and explaining how the country's natural resources have been managed, we can better understand the ruling ZANU-PF's increasing... more...
Guerrilla Veterans in Post-war Zimbabwe
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 38.00Examines the peace settlement and veterans' programs after Zimbabwe's guerrilla war of independence. It shows continuities in the relationship between the ruling party and veterans in the first seven years and in contemporary Zimbabwe. This is the first extended study of the relationship between the ruling party and the veterans. more...
The African Inheritance
Taylor and Francis 1995; US$ 67.95Africa is a continent gripped by civil wars and widespread famine. The causes of many of the continent's problems are deep rooted and can be traced to Africa's colonial past, when European powers divided the spoils of the continent into separate sovereign states. The African Inheritance examines the effect this "balkanization" of Africa has had,... more...
Terrorism and Counter-Terrorism, Volume 5
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2004; US$ 113.00Conferences, lectures, funding opportunities, and publications now all fully embrace terrorism and counter-terrorism as topics worthy of serious reflection and investigation among criminologists. The papers in this volume bring out the distinct contribution criminologists and criminological sociologists have to offer in the study of counter-terrorism... more...
What Is Africas Problem?
University of Minnesota Press 2000; US$ 70.50Edited by Elizabeth Kanyogonya?I am very pleased that this book by one of Africa?s most important leaders now will be available to Americans. We need to understand what Africans think about Africa.??Jimmy Carterand/orWhat is Africa?s problem? As one of the leaders expressing a broad and forceful vision for Africa?s future, Uganda?s Yoweri K. Museveni... more...
Algeria since 1989
Zed Books 2010; US$ 29.95Algeria's democratic experiment is seminal in post-Cold War history. Le Sueur shows that Algeria is at the very heart of contemporary debates about Islam and secular democracy, arguing that the stability of Algeria is crucial for the security of the wider Middle East. Algeria Since 1989 is a lively and essential examination of how the fate of one... more...
The Fear
Little, Brown and Company 2011; US$ 12.99Journalist Peter Godwin has covered wars. As a soldier, he's fought them. But nothing prepared him for the surreal mix of desperation and hope he encountered when he returned to Zimbabwe, his broken homeland. Godwin arrived as Robert Mugabe, the country's dictator for 30 years, has finally lost an election. Mugabe's tenure has left Zimbabwe with... more...
The Mind of Black Africa
ABC-CLIO 1996; US$ 33.95The violent colonization of Africa by European nations toward the end of the 19th centuryÑa colonization justified by theories about the African Mind promulgated in the Age of ReasonÑhad a profound impact upon the mind of Black Africa. After World War II, the mind of Black Africa rebelled; this rebellion led to a struggle for the self. After... more...









