Ardent défenseur de l'indépendance de l'Afrique et d'une véritable décolonisation, l'auteur montre comment les gouvernements, de gauche comme de droite, ont favorisé la corruption, le trafic d'armes et d'uranium ...
"In English Explorers in the East (1738-1745). The Travels of Thomas Shaw, Charles Perry and Richard Pococke, Rachel Finnegan offers an account of the influential travel writings of three rival explorers, whose eastern travel books were printed within a decade of each other. Mak…
"News footage of disease in Africa is a familiar sight. Yet these outbreaks are often presented out of context, with no reference to the conditions that have triggered them. MISTRA's new book, Epidemics and the Health of African Nations, aims to redress that. Researchers and pra…
"News footage of disease in Africa is a familiar sight. Yet these outbreaks are often presented out of context, with no reference to the conditions that have triggered them. MISTRA's new book, Epidemics and the Health of African Nations, aims to redress that. Researchers and pra…
In 1953 Dag Hammarskjöld became the second Secretary-General of the United Nations2014the highest international civil servant. Before his mission was cut short by a 1961 plane crash in then Northern Rhodesia (Zambia), he used his office to act on the basis of anti-hegemonic valu…
Bringing together a team of leading scholars, this volume forms the first global history of African linguistics as an autonomous academic discipline, covering Africa, America, Asia, Australia, and Europe. Defining African linguistics, the volume describes its emergence from a 'c…
Colonial Africa
by Christopher, A.J., (Anthony John)
fromCroom Helm historical geography series
Africa finds itself at the centre-stage of world politics in the 21st Century. To truly determine its rising influence and role in world affairs would mean unravelling the politics of imperialism, the Cold War and globalisation. Going beyond Euro-American perspectives, this book…
L'histoire se déroule au Congo, alors colonie belge. Le journaliste Tintin, accompagné de son chien Milou, part en paquebot pour ce pays. Tom est un homme qui s'est embarqué clandestinement sur le même bateau et qui tente à plusieurs reprises de tuer le jeune journaliste. Une su…