USA Africa Dialogue Series - Book Announcement

Hot Spot: Sub-Saharan Africa
Series: Hot Spot Histories
Toyin Falola and Adebayo O. Oyebade

0-313-35971-7/978-0-313-35971-2

Description

Conflict has been a critical factor in the making of contemporary Africa, and its study is key to understanding the continent's tortuous history. Hot Spot: Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the area's major, post-independence conflicts intense enough to threaten national, regional, or international security. This work defines conflict broadly to encompass political instability and state failure, ethno-religious tensions, government and political corruption, economic mismanagement and poverty, cult violence, and youth gangsterism. Thematically organized chapters examine the origins and development of explosive hot spots—including Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo—in West Africa, Nigeria, Southern Africa, the Horn of Africa and Central Africa, and the Great Lakes region. The book also explores outside factors that have impacted African conflicts, such as superpower Cold War manipulation and foreign influence and intervention.

Title Features:• Maps of regions and countries showing conflict areas such as Biafra and Katanga• Photographs of key figures, places, and events

About the Author

Toyin Falola, PhD, is the Frances Higginbotham Nalle Centennial Professor in History and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas, Austin, TX.

Adebayo O. Oyebade, PhD, is a professor of history at Tennessee State University, Nashville, TN. He obtained his PhD in history from Temple University, Philadelphia, PA.

List Price: $65.00 Pages: 200 Publication: 7/1/2010

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