AFRICAN ISSUES 2014 The groundbreaking series that provokes debate on the most critical issues facing the continent

China’s Aid and Soft Power in Africa The Case of Education and Training KENNETH KINGChina’s dramatic economic and trade impact on the developing world has received global attention, yet its role as an education donor, especially for Africans in China and within Africa itself, has received little attention. Here is hard evidence from

Ethiopia, Kenya and South Africa of the dramatic growth of China’s soft power and of the implications of this for Africa, China and the world.List Price: $34.95/£19.99; May 2013; 9781847010650 Ebook: 9781782041580 256 pp, paper

The Root Causes of Sudan’s Civil Wars Peace or Truce DOUGLAS H. JOHNSONSudan’s post-independence history has been dominated by political and civil strife. Most commentators have attributed the country’s recurring civil war either to an age-old racial divide between Arabs and Africans, or to recent

colonially constructed inequalities. This book attempts a more complex analysis, examining the factors which have contributed to periodic outbreaks of violence between the state and its peripheries, and assessing the prospects for a lasting peace.List Price: $75.00/£50.00; June 2013; 9781847010292 Ebook: 9781580467971 21 color & 25 line illus.; 244 pp, cloth

From the Pit to the Market Politics and the Diamond Economy in Sierra Leone DIANE FROSTDiamonds have played an important role in the political economy of Sierra Leone, as was highlighted by the use of ‘conflict’ diamonds in the decade-long civil war. Conflict diamonds were used not only by rebels, military groups and others inside Sierra Leone and Liberia, but also by

groups extending beyond the borders of West Africa: global criminal networks, international terror groups, and ‘legitimate’ transnational companies. The diamond trade in Sierra Leone has also been subject to exploitation by global business interests, a form of corporate neo-colonialist predation that continues today and which has curbed the country’s growth, while recent newspaper headlines also demonstrate the currency of rough diamonds. Sierra Leone’s diamonds have been used to finance factions in Lebanon’s civil war, criminal networks in the US and Russia, and al-Qaeda. The marginalization and exclusion of Sierra Leone, this book argues, mean that it, and other such resource-rich nations, remain reliant on aid.List Price: $75.00/£50.00; June 2013; 9781580464048 Ebook: 9781580467971 21 color & 25 line illus.; 244 pp, cloth

South Africa’s Gold Mines and the Politics of Silicosis JOCK MCCULLOCHThis book reveals how the South African mining industry, abetted by a minority state, hid a pandemic of silicosis for almost a century, and allowed workers infected with tuberculosis to spread disease. The first crisis of 1896-1912, which focused on minority white workers, resulted in the mining industry

investing heavily in reducing dust and South Africa became renowned for its mine safety. The second began in 2000 with mounting scientific evidence that the disease rate among black migrant miners is more than a hundred times higher than officially acknowledged. List Price: $75.00/£50.00; June 2013; 9781580464048 Ebook: 9781580467971 21 color & 25 line illus.; 244 pp, cloth

Sudan Looks East China, India and the Politics of Asian Alternatives Edited by DANIEL LARGE & LUKE PATEYPlaces Sudan’s oil industry (examined here in macro, micro and political terms), its economy, external relations and changing politics under the impact of the Darfur conflict and the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, in the wider context of the expansion of Asia’s global economic strength.become a globally prominent dimension

of its changing international politics.List Price: $75.00/£50.00; June 2013; 9781580464048 Ebook: 9781580467971 21 color & 25 line illus.; 244 pp, cloth

The Front Line Runs through Every Woman Women and Local Resistance in the Zimbabwean Liberation War ELEANOR O’GORMANBy contextualizing the voices of women of Chiweshe, not only is an important and under-developed aspect of Zimbabwean and African history revealed, but a new approach

to comprehending the highly-tensioned lives of women in war is presented, which is characterized here as Gendered Localised Resistance.The book can be read as a unique and richly detailed account of the lives of women during the Zimbabwe civil war and liberation struggle; as a wider argument about how researchers can approach and incorporate lived experience into accounts of larger dynamics (war/revolution); and as a substantial and important contribution to feminist historiography and writings on women and war.List Price: $75.00/£50.00; June 2013; 9781580464048 Ebook: 9781580467971 21 color & 25 line illus.; 244 pp, cloth

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Becoming Somaliland MARK BRADBURYWhen does a country become a state? On 18 May 1991, the leaders of the Somali National Movement and the elders of northern Somali clans proclaimed that they were setting up the new Republic of Somaliland. Over the past fifteen years Somaliland has successfully managed a process of reconciliation, demobilisation and the restoration of law and order.List Price: £16.99; April 2008; 9781847013101 2 line illus.; 288 pp, paper No North American Rights

Asbestos Blues Labour, Capital, Physicians and the State in South Africa JOCK MCCULLOCHMost of the world’s blue asbestos has been mined in South Africa, where industry and government have been slow to respond to environment and heath issues. This text discusses whether mining and manufacturing companies were the victims of imperfect science and inadequate state regulation.List Price: £16.99; May 2002; 9780852558621 256 pp, paper No North American Rights

Peace without Profit How the IMF Blocks Rebuilding in Mozambique JOSEPH HANLONThis book argues that following the dictates of the IMF/World Bank has prevented Mozambique from rebuilding itself, and asks whether aid can ameliorate the distortions imposed by these organizations. The author explains the donor case, and considers what lessons there are for other African countries which must follow Mozambique’s experience - Liberia, Rwanda, Zaire, Somalia, Sudan and Angola. List Price: £16.99; December 2003; 9780852558003 15 b/w & 16 line illus.; 192 pp, paper No North American Rights

Zimbabwe’s Land Reform Myths and Realities IAN SCOONES et al.Based on detailed empirical research, this book explores the story of what happened in the context of the southern Zimbabwe province of Masvingo, where land was transferred to over 20,000 households.

What comes through very strongly is the complexity, the differences, almost farm by farm; there is no single, simple story of the Zimbabwe land reform.List Price: $29.95/£17.99; November 2010; 9781847010247 17 line illus.; 304 pp, paper

Somalia Economy without State PETER D. LITTLEStateless or near stateless territories, increasingly common in Africa, are characterized by second economies based on trans-border trade, smuggling, and informal finances. This work shows that Somalia is an

extreme case of an economy without a government.An important book about commerce and authority in a contemporary stateless society. ... a work that should appeal to a wide readership beyond those concerned with Somalia or pastoralists. MODERN AFRICAN STUDIESList Price: £16.99; September 2003; 9780852558652 224 pp, paper No North American Rights

Fighting for the Rain Forest War, Youth and Resources in Sierra Leone PAUL RICHARDSDo small wars in Africa manifest a ‘new barbarism’?What appears as random, anarchic violence is no such thing. The terrifying military methods of of Sierra

Leone’s soldiers may not fir conventional western models of warfare, but they are rational and effective nonetheless. The war must be understood partly as a ‘performance’, in which techniques of terror compensate for lack of equipment.A perceptive, passionate and disturbing book which sheds light on issues of great current importance, far beyond the compass of the West African rainforest. JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIESList Price: $29.95/£16.99; January 1996; 9780852553978 208 pp, paper

Undermining Development The Absence of Power among Local NGOs in Africa SARAH MICHAELIn some parts of the world, it has been demonstrated that the power of local NGOs can contribute to improving the quality of development services. Local NGOs in Africa are lagging behind and the author

suggests ways to remedy this as well as ways in which donors and international NGOs can help to promote local power.List Price: £16.99; December 2005; 9780852554395 Ebook: 9781580468121 224 pp, paper No North American Rights

Gender and Genocide in Burundi The Search for Spaces of Peace in the Great Lakes Region PATRICIA O. DALEYThis book identifies the continuities and transformations of violence in Burundi and shows how violence has been intensified through the introduction of modern concepts of masculinity. It shows how Burundi

is linked to the patterns of recurrent genocidal violence in Rwanda, Congo and Uganda. Patricia Daley argues passionately for a revised feminist-historical approach to understanding violence and reforming the processes whereby local and international bodies put together peace agreements.This is the first book since the mid 1990s to thoroughly analyze Burundian politics - and much has changed in Burundi since then. AFRICAN STUDIES REVIEWList Price: £16.99; April 2008; 9781847013064 256 pp, paper No North American Rights

Africa Works Disorder as Political Instrument PATRICK CHABAL & JEAN-PASCAL DALOZAre there social, political and cultural factors in Africa which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development?List Price: £16.99; September 2011; 9780852558140

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Diamonds, Dispossession and Democracy in Botswana KENNETH GOODSince the eve of independence in 1965 Botswana has held regular parliamentary elections which were judged free on polling day. However a duopoly of presidentialism and ruling party preponderance has stimulated complacency among the country’s rulers.

Rich in anecdotes and sardonic in tone, Good’s book remains analytically compelling. His use of comparative examples, from both within and outside Africa, is particularly enlightening. SURVIVALList Price: $29.95/£16.99; December 2008; 9781847013125 Ebook: 9781846156274 1 b/w & 1 line illus.; 192 pp, paper

Congo-Paris Transnational Traders on the Margins of the Law JANET MACGAFFEY & REMY BAZENGUISSA-GANGAThis study of transnational trade between Central Africa and Europe focuses on the lives of individual traders from Kinshasa and Brazzaville who operate across national frontiers and often outside state laws. Excluded from other social and economic opportunities, participation by traders in this international second economy challenges and resists the constraints on their lives in both Africa and Europe. Their trading activities are unmeasured, unrecorded, often outside or on the margins of the law, and are sustained by complex networks through which their commodities are circulated. Who are these traders? What strategies do they have, not only to survive but to shine? What kind of networks do they rely on? And what implications does their trade have for globalization?List Price: £16.99; February 2000; 9780852552605 208 pp, paper No North American Rights

Letting Them Die Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail CATHERINE CAMPBELLThe author, who is a social psychologist, has drawn on anthropology, sociology and social medicine. Her study is an early evaluation of what is becoming the standard HIV/AIDS intervention throughout Africa.

Anyone who wants to understand the terrible closed circle of denial and death should read this book. THE SUNDAY TIMESList Price: £16.99; October 2003; 9780852558683 224 pp, paper No North American Rights

Killing for Conservation Wildlife Policy in Zimbabwe ROSALEEN DUFFYWildlife conservation policy is often discussed within the braoder debates of sustainable development. The case study of Zimbabwe illustrates how the politically controversial policy agenda of wildlife utilization is part of the wider realm of global

environmental politics.An important book about an important subject and it should serve as a model for those engaged in research on other aspects of Zimbabwean politics and society. H-SAFRICAList Price: £16.99; February 2000; 9780852558461 192 pp, paper No North American Rights

Famine Crimes Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa ALEXANDER DE WAALFamine is conquerable, but in some countries in Africa human suffering seems to be getting more rather than less common. This study argues that humanitarian relief work is a certain kind of political action, and that technical solutions must be evaluated within a political context.Famine Crimes is without question the most important intervention in the broad field of famine prevention since the publication of Amartya Sen’s Poverty and Famine. DEVELOPMENT & CHANGEList Price: £16.99; February 1997; 9780852558102 6 b/w & 2 line illus.; 256 pp, paper No North American Rights

The Criminalization of the State in Africa JEAN-FRANCOIS BAYART, STEPHEN ELLIS, & BEATRICE HIBOUThis text charts the growth of fraud and smuggling in African states, the plundering of natural resources, the privatization of state institutions, the development of an

economy of plunder and the growth of private armies. It argues that the state itself is engendering organized criminal activity.List Price: £14.99; February 1999; 9780852558126 144 pp, paper No North American Rights

Guns and Governance in the Rift Valley Pastoralist Conflict and Small Arms Edited by PETER DICKINSONSmall arms dominate conflicts in Africa. More people die in wars in Africa than in any other continent. In cattle raiding the AK47 has replaced the spear.

This book answers the questions of why so many small arms are circulating in North-East Africa and how they are affecting peace in these countries. Kennedy Mkutu proposes an integrated regional approach in which improved security, community involvement and economic development precede and accompany disarmament.List Price: £16.99; May 2008; 9781847013088 8 b/w & 14 line illus.; 192 pp, paper No North American Rights

Lie of the Land Challenging Received Wisdom on the African Environment Edited by MELISSA LEACH & ROBIN MEARNSThis book addresses the issue of how environmental orthodoxies become established, and what the alternative and appropriate approaches for policy-

making are. It shows that many of the established orthodoxies are ill-conceived or represent the interests of certain powerful groups.The editors draw together material from 11 key case studies across the continent which use first hand research in different ecological zones.List Price: $29.95/£16.99; February 1996; 9780852554098 256 pp, paper

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The Ethiopian Red Terror Trials Transitional Justice Challenged Edited by KJETIL TRONVOLL, CHARLES SCHAEFER, & GIRMACHEW ALEMU ANEMEThe unique approach of this book is the multi-disciplinary framework that goes beyond a mere juridical analysis of the conduct of the Red Terror trials to understand the trials’ broader social and

political impact. It is the first comprehensive analysis of the trials, filling a glaring void in studies on Ethiopia and transitional justice.For shedding light on a process that has dwelt in inordinate obscurity, this volume is very valuable. It can deepen contemporary understandings of the dilemmas and opportunities presented by the assertion of jurisdiction for international crimes by the ravaged and war-torn states in which they occur. INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW REVIEWList Price: $29.95/£16.99; April 2009; 9781847013200 Ebook: 9781846157233 176 pp, paper

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Identity Economics Social Networks and the Informal Economy in Nigeria KATE MEAGHERIdentity Economics traces the rise of two dynamic informal enterprise clusters in Nigeria, and explores their slide into trajectories of Pentecostalism, poverty and violent vigilantism. Drawing on over twenty years of empirical research on African informal economies,

the author highlights the institutional legacies, networking strategies and globalizing dynamics that shape the regulatory role of social networks in Africa’s largest and most turbulent economy.Informed by theory as well as sustained fieldwork, Meagher’s study is a useful antidote to the purveyors of magic-bullet solutions for African development. It should be read by anyone interested in Africa’s industrialization. FOREIGN AFFAIRSList Price: $29.95/£16.99; February 2010; 9781847010162 Ebook: 9781846157905 4 line illus.; 224 pp, paper

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