African renaissance
Subtitle: challenges, solutions, and the road ahead
By: David N. Abdulai.
Publisher: Asean Academic Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
Subjects: Africa -- History -- 1884-1960.; Africa -- History -- 1960-; Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-207) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1 Africa has no future? 25; title: 2 Reasons to hope for Africa 35; title: Case study I: Ghana 54; title: Case study II: Uganda 57; title: 3 Africa's passage through three distinct periods 59; title: The colonial period (1884-1957) 60; title: The legacy of colonialism 66; title: The postcolonial period (1957-1989) 73; title: Legacy of the postcolonial period 83; title: The post-postcolonial period (1989-2000) 86; title: A legacy under construction 92; title: 4 Africa's renaissance:; title: Challenges and solutions 103; title: 5 Consolidating Africa's gains for sustainable; title: growth and development 129; title: Role of African leadership 129; title: Role of civil society 139; title: 6 The imperative for a global constituency for Africa 145; title: Role of the United States 150; title: Role of the European Union 156; title: Role of Japan, Asia and other developing countries 159; title: Role of multilateral and bilateral organizations 163; title: Role of non-governmental organizations 166; title: Is aid to Africa altruism? 166; title: 7 The road ahead 173; title: 8 Conclusion:; title: Africa confronts its future 185; title: Epilogue 193; title: Bibliography 197; title: Index 209.