This title describes the brutal impact of capitalism and colonialism on both the colonizer and the colonized, exposing the contradictions and hypocrisy implicit in western notions of progress and civilization.
"[A] cogent and well-informed discussion of the South African Police Service and the organisational problems it faces." -Stephen Ellis Since the mid-1990s, South Africa has experienced a crime wave of such unprecedented proportions that the ability of the new democracy to form a stable civil society and govern effectively has been called into ......
An expansive introduction to the development of African American religion and theology. From the time of slavery up to modern day, the text addresses a broad diversity of African American religion and traces their transition to various forms of Christianity.
An expansive introduction to the development of African American religion and theology. From the time of slavery up to modern day, the text addresses a broad diversity of African American religion and traces their transition to various forms of Christianity.
This text is a portrait of a continent through the author's encounters with African leaders from Zaire to South Africa. Russell recounts meetings with each in an attempt to answer questions of Africa's future: can a new generation of leaders change the future or is Africa doomed to further turmoil?
Andrews, who has been called "the first lady of Chile peppers," "the godmother of the chile world," as well as her own registered trademark "The Pepper Lady," follows the spice trade and early movements of capsicums along the spice roads, through much of Turkey and the Middle East, Africa and Monsoon Asia (India, Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, ......
The task of monitoring Africa's development progress and aid flows requires basic empirical data. This publication acts as a starting point for obtaining that data, with 15 chapters presenting the relevant data for 1970-1996. Each chapter begins with a brief introduction on the nature of the data.
Between the end of the nineteenth century and the eve of World War II, Africans displaced by colonial rule aggrandized the attainments of American blacks, creating an African american myth that played an important role in their religious, political and social life. This myth, while existing in direct contradiction to the intense discrimination ......
In an age when Western feminism is continuously undergoing redefinition, the struggles of women in Muslim countries are often overlooked. This volume illustrates how women in Islamic societies have become more actively involved not only in learning their rights under the sharia (Islamic law) but in rereading this law to improve their status and ......
