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The curse of Berlin : Africa after the Cold War
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The curse of Berlin : Africa after the Cold War / Adekeye Adebajo.
ISBN
9780231702003 (alk. paper)
0231702000 (alk. paper)
Published
New York : Columbia University Press, c2010.
Physical Description
xxxiii, 414 p. ; 23 cm.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 10, 2011
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Preface: Black Berlin and the curse of fragmentation : from Bismarck to Barack / Ali M. Mazrui
Introduction: Bismarck's sorcery and Africa's three magic kingdoms
pt. 1. The quest for security
Prophets of pax Africana : Africa's security architecture
From global apartheid to global village : Africa and the United Nations
The pharaoh and the prophet : Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan
pt. 2. The quest for hegemony
Messiah or mercantilist? : South Africa in Africa
Gulliver's troubles : Nigeria in Africa
An axis of virtue? : South Africa and Nigeria in Africa
An axis of evil? : China, the United States, and France in Africa
The springbok and the dragon : South Africa vs. China in Africa
pt. 3. The quest for unity
Mandela and Rhodes : a monstrous marriage
Thabo Mbeki : a Nkrumahist renaissance?
Towers of Babel? : the African Union and the European Union
Obamamania : Africa, African Americans, and the avuncular Sam
The heirs of Gandhi : how Africa and Asia changed the world.
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