03527nam 2200625 a 450 991078113810332120100528142151.0979-84-00-66648-31-282-96357-097866129635750-313-35972-510.5040/9798400666483(OCoLC)701796537(MiFhGG)GVRL4ESV(MiAaPQ)EBC678371(OCoLC)320193377(DLC)BP9798400666483BC(EXLCZ)99255000000001982220100312e20102024 uy 0engurun|---uuuuatxtccrHot spot Sub-Saharan Africa /Toyin Falola and Adebayo O. OyebadeSanta Barbara, Calif. :Greenwood,c2010.New York :Bloomsbury Publishing (US),2024.1 online resource (xxiii, 200 pages) mapsHot spot historiesDescription based on print version record.0-313-35971-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Brief Historical Overview""""Ethnicity, Politics, and Conflict""; ""The Military in Politics""; ""Minority Uprising and Communal Violence""; ""The Crisis of Governance""; ""Chapter 4: Southern Africa""; ""Southern Africa and Conflict in Historical Perspective""; ""White Minority Regimes and Liberation Struggle: Rhodesia and South West Africa""; ""Racial Oppression and Violent Resistance in South Africa""; ""Civil Wars in Angola and Mozambique""; ""The Cold War, South Africa, and Regional Conflict""; ""Chapter 5: East Africa and the Great Lakes Region""; ""Ethiopia�s Wars and Red Terror""""Eritrea""""Somalia: A Failed State""; ""Piracy in the Horn""; ""Civil Wars in Sudan""; ""Terrorism""; ""Uganda""; ""Conflicts in the Great Lakes: Rwanda, Burundi, and Democratic Republic of Congo""; ""Appendix: Independence Dates for African States""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""W""; ""X""; ""Y""; ""Z"" 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 developmenHot spot histories.Ethnic conflictAfrica, Sub-SaharanPolitical stabilityAfrica, Sub-SaharanPolitical violenceAfrica, Sub-SaharanPolitical violenceAfrica, Sub-SaharanAfrica, Sub-SaharanPolitics and governmentEthnic conflictPolitical stabilityPolitical violencePolitical violence967.03/2Falola Toyin661412Oyebade Adebayo1586717DLCDLCDLCBOOK9910781138103321Hot spot3873548UNINA