Bücher der Reihe Global Africa

This book spotlights, analyzes and explains varying forms and patterns of state-society relations on the African continent, taking as point of departure the complexities created by the emergence, proliferation and complicated interactions of so-called `big men¿ across Africa's fifty-four states.

This book examines the enduring significance of borders in Southern Africa, covering encounters between people, ideas and matter, and the new spatialities and transformations they generate in their historical, social, economic and cultural contexts.

This book argues that ancient and modern African indigenous knowledges remain key to Africa's role in global capital, technological and knowledge development and to addressing her marginality and postcoloniality.

This book examines how modern Nigerian political institutions have grappled with the resurgence of traditional institutions of political leadership in the post-colonial era.

The mode of Africäs encounters with the rest of the world have in several ways, shaped and continue to shape the continent¿s social, political and economic development trajectories. Essays in this volume have addressed different aspects of these phases of encounters and resistance by Africa and the African Diaspora.

This volume integrates geographical and historical perspectives to examine how processes of segregation, marginalization, resilience, and resistance shape cities across Africa. Who governs? Who should the city serve? And how can the built spaces and legacies of colonialism and prior development regimes be inclusively reconstructed?

Development in Modern Africa: Past and Present Perspectives contributes to our understanding of Africäs experiences with the development process. The book will be of interest to academics in the field of history, African studies and regional studies.

This book examines the detrimental impact of illicit financial flows on South Africäs development, political economy and transformation in the twenty-first century. It will be of interest to researchers across African Studies, Global Development, Political Science, Law and Corruption Studies.