The curse of Berlin
Subtitle: Africa after the Cold War
By: Adekeye Adebajo
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
ISBN-13: 9780231702003
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Preface: Black Berlin and the curse of fragmentation : from Bismarck to Barack / Ali M. Mazrui; title: Introduction: Bismarck's sorcery and Africa's three magic kingdoms; title: pt. 1. The quest for security; title: Prophets of pax Africana : Africa's security architecture; title: From global apartheid to global village : Africa and the United Nations; title: The pharaoh and the prophet : Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan; title: pt. 2. The quest for hegemony; title: Messiah or mercantilist? : South Africa in Africa; title: Gulliver's troubles : Nigeria in Africa; title: An axis of virtue? : South Africa and Nigeria in Africa; title: An axis of evil? : China, the United States, and France in Africa; title: The springbok and the dragon : South Africa vs. China in Africa; title: pt. 3. The quest for unity; title: Mandela and Rhodes : a monstrous marriage; title: Thabo Mbeki : a Nkrumahist renaissance?; title: Towers of Babel? : the African Union and the European Union; title: Obamamania : Africa, African Americans, and the avuncular Sam; title: The heirs of Gandhi : how Africa and Asia changed the world.