Cuba and Africa, 1959-1994 : writing an alternative Atlantic history / / edited by Kali Argyriadis, Giulia Bonacci, Adrien Delmas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 303.482607291 |
ISBN | 1-77614-634-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794485203321 |
Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2020 | ||
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Cuba and Africa, 1959-1994 : writing an alternative Atlantic history / / edited by Kali Argyriadis, Giulia Bonacci, Adrien Delmas |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2020 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 279 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 303.482607291 |
ISBN | 1-77614-634-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910818722403321 |
Johannesburg : , : Wits University Press, , 2020 | ||
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Democratizing or reconfiguring predatory autocracy? [[electronic resource] ] : myths and realities in Africa today / / Tatah Mentan |
Autore | Mentan Tatah <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (92 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.46 |
Soggetto topico | Democracy - Africa - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-283-19794-4
9786613197948 9956-715-51-4 9956-715-63-8 9956-615-27-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - Democracy: Why Myths and Realities in Africa?; Chapter Three - Why is Democracy a Contested Global Construct Today?; Chapter Four - Analytical Framework; Chapter Five - Democracy in Africa Today: A Historical Overview; Chapter Six - Pluralist Elections and Ideological Complementarity; Chapter Seven - Neoliberalism, Stagnation and Killing of Democracy; Chapter Eight - Essential Elements of Democracy; Chapter Nine - Political Legitimacy and Democratic Culture
Chapter Ten - Summary and Conclusion Chapter Eleven - Towards Social Democracy in Africa; References; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458574203321 |
Mentan Tatah <1948->
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Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2009 | ||
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Democratizing or reconfiguring predatory autocracy? [[electronic resource] ] : myths and realities in Africa today / / Tatah Mentan |
Autore | Mentan Tatah <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (92 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.46 |
Soggetto topico | Democracy - Africa - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-283-19794-4
9786613197948 9956-715-51-4 9956-715-63-8 9956-615-27-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - Democracy: Why Myths and Realities in Africa?; Chapter Three - Why is Democracy a Contested Global Construct Today?; Chapter Four - Analytical Framework; Chapter Five - Democracy in Africa Today: A Historical Overview; Chapter Six - Pluralist Elections and Ideological Complementarity; Chapter Seven - Neoliberalism, Stagnation and Killing of Democracy; Chapter Eight - Essential Elements of Democracy; Chapter Nine - Political Legitimacy and Democratic Culture
Chapter Ten - Summary and Conclusion Chapter Eleven - Towards Social Democracy in Africa; References; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791420003321 |
Mentan Tatah <1948->
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Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Democratizing or reconfiguring predatory autocracy? : myths and realities in Africa today / / Tatah Mentan |
Autore | Mentan Tatah <1948-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (92 p.) |
Disciplina | 320.46 |
Soggetto topico | Democracy - Africa - 20th century |
ISBN |
1-283-19794-4
9786613197948 9956-715-51-4 9956-715-63-8 9956-615-27-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Dedication; Preface; Chapter One - Introduction; Chapter Two - Democracy: Why Myths and Realities in Africa?; Chapter Three - Why is Democracy a Contested Global Construct Today?; Chapter Four - Analytical Framework; Chapter Five - Democracy in Africa Today: A Historical Overview; Chapter Six - Pluralist Elections and Ideological Complementarity; Chapter Seven - Neoliberalism, Stagnation and Killing of Democracy; Chapter Eight - Essential Elements of Democracy; Chapter Nine - Political Legitimacy and Democratic Culture
Chapter Ten - Summary and Conclusion Chapter Eleven - Towards Social Democracy in Africa; References; Back Cover |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812220403321 |
Mentan Tatah <1948->
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Mankon, Bamenda, : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2009 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Let freedom come : Africa in modern history / / by Basil Davidson |
Autore | Davidson Basil <1914-> |
Edizione | [1st American ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Boston, : Little, Brown, c1978 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (431 p. ) : maps ; |
Disciplina | 967 |
Soggetto topico |
History & Archaeology
Regions & Countries - Africa |
ISBN | 0-316-17435-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996248031203316 |
Davidson Basil <1914->
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Boston, : Little, Brown, c1978 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Mediations of violence in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : fashioning new futures from contested pasts / / edited by Lidwien Kapteijns, Annemiek Richters |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.6/60967 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KapteijnsLidwien
RichtersJ. M <1945-> (Johanna Maria) |
Collana | African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Violence - Social aspects - Africa
Political violence - Social aspects - Africa War and society - Africa Collective memory - Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-95278-1
9786612952784 90-04-18541-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Making memories of Mogadishu in Somali poetry about the civil war / Lidwien Kapteijns -- The road, the song and the citizen : singing after violence in KwaZulu-Natal / Liz Gunner -- Maisha bora, kwa nani? A cool life, for whom? Mediations of masculinity, ethnicity, and violence in a Nairobi slum / Naomi van Stapele -- Testimonies of suffering and recasting the meanings of memories of violence in post-war Mozambique / Victor Igreja -- Suffering and healing in the aftermath of war and genocide in Rwanda : mediations through community-based sociotherapy / Annemiek Richters -- "The balsak in the roof " : bush war experiences and mediations as related by white South African conscripts / Diana Gibson. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910460342103321 |
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010 | ||
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Mediations of violence in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : fashioning new futures from contested pasts / / edited by Lidwien Kapteijns, Annemiek Richters |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.6/60967 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KapteijnsLidwien
RichtersJ. M <1945-> (Johanna Maria) |
Collana | African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Violence - Social aspects - Africa
Political violence - Social aspects - Africa War and society - Africa Collective memory - Africa |
ISBN |
1-282-95278-1
9786612952784 90-04-18541-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Making memories of Mogadishu in Somali poetry about the civil war / Lidwien Kapteijns -- The road, the song and the citizen : singing after violence in KwaZulu-Natal / Liz Gunner -- Maisha bora, kwa nani? A cool life, for whom? Mediations of masculinity, ethnicity, and violence in a Nairobi slum / Naomi van Stapele -- Testimonies of suffering and recasting the meanings of memories of violence in post-war Mozambique / Victor Igreja -- Suffering and healing in the aftermath of war and genocide in Rwanda : mediations through community-based sociotherapy / Annemiek Richters -- "The balsak in the roof " : bush war experiences and mediations as related by white South African conscripts / Diana Gibson. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785695103321 |
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Mediations of violence in Africa [[electronic resource] ] : fashioning new futures from contested pasts / / edited by Lidwien Kapteijns, Annemiek Richters |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (283 p.) |
Disciplina | 303.6/60967 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
KapteijnsLidwien
RichtersJ. M <1945-> (Johanna Maria) |
Collana | African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Violence - Social aspects - Africa
Political violence - Social aspects - Africa War and society - Africa Collective memory - Africa |
ISBN |
1-282-95278-1
9786612952784 90-04-18541-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Making memories of Mogadishu in Somali poetry about the civil war / Lidwien Kapteijns -- The road, the song and the citizen : singing after violence in KwaZulu-Natal / Liz Gunner -- Maisha bora, kwa nani? A cool life, for whom? Mediations of masculinity, ethnicity, and violence in a Nairobi slum / Naomi van Stapele -- Testimonies of suffering and recasting the meanings of memories of violence in post-war Mozambique / Victor Igreja -- Suffering and healing in the aftermath of war and genocide in Rwanda : mediations through community-based sociotherapy / Annemiek Richters -- "The balsak in the roof " : bush war experiences and mediations as related by white South African conscripts / Diana Gibson. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814105603321 |
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2010 | ||
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Mercenaries [[electronic resource] ] : an African security dilemma / / edited by Abdel-Fatau Musah and J. ʻKayode Fayemi ; foreword by Lord Avebury |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (320 p.) |
Disciplina | 960.3/2 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
MusahAbdel-Fatau
FayemiKayode |
Soggetto topico | Mercenary troops - Africa |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-84964-039-4
0-585-42670-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
""Contents ""; ""About the Centre for Democracy and Development ""; ""Programme on Conflict Management, Regional Security & Peacebuilding ""; ""Foreword ""; ""Acknowledgements ""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Brief Overview of the African Encounter with Mercenarism ""; ""Structure of Book ""; ""Synopsis ""; ""Introduction Notes ""; ""1. Africa in Search of Security: Mercenaries and Conflicts An Overview ""; ""What is Mercenarism? ""; ""Political Context of Mercenary Activities in Africa during the Cold War ""; ""The Mercenary Agenda in Contemporary Africa ""
""What Future for Mercenarism? """"Re-conceptualising the Security Environment ""; ""Improving the Legal Frameworks of Mercenarism: Between Regulation and Redundancy ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Notes Chapter 1 ""; ""2. Private Military Companies and African Security 1990 98 ""; ""PMCs and the 'New World Order' ""; ""PMCs before 1990 ""; ""EO in 1990-92 ""; ""PMCs in Angola 1993-97 ""; ""PMCs in Central Africa 1996-1998 ""; ""PMCs in Angola and Sierra Leone 1998 ""; ""Other PMC Activity in Africa ""; ""PMCs in South Africa since 1991 "" ""Executive Outcomes and Branch- Heritage: The EO- Branch Network """"The Branch- Heritage Group ""; ""Strategic Resources Corporation ""; ""Plaza 107 Ltd ""; ""Links between the Branch- Heritage group and Executive Outcomes ""; ""Conclusion ""; ""Note on Sources ""; ""Notes Chapter 2 ""; ""3. A Country Under Siege: State Decay and Corporate Military Intervention in Sierra Leone ""; ""Early Private Security in the Political Economy of Sierra Leone ""; ""Sierra Leone A Portrait ""; ""The Colonial Imprint ""; ""Military/ Defence Structures in Sierra Leone "" ""The Anatomy of State Collapse """"Economic Decline and Mounting Tensions ""; ""Challenges to the Neocolonial State ""; ""Emergence of the Revolutionary United Front ""; ""The Gurkha Security Guards ""; ""Executive Outcomes ""; ""The Peace Agreement ""; ""Post- Election Traumas ""; ""The Price of EO intervention ""; ""Corporate Mercenaries in the Kabbah Administration s Strategic Thinking ""; ""Reactions to the 25 May Coup ""; ""The Plot behind an African Coup ""; ""Sandline International ""; ""Motives behind the Assault Partnership "" ""The Vultures Swoop: A Country under Mercenary Occupation """"Is Sierra Leone any Closer to Peace and Democracy? ""; ""Weapons Continue to Dominate Sierra Leone ""; ""Conclusion: Winners and Losers ""; ""Notes Chapter 3 ""; ""4. The Hand of War: Mercenaries in the Former Zaire 1996 97 ""; ""The Congo as Cradle of Modern-day Mercenarism in Africa ""; ""The Revolutionary Wind of Change, 1996 ""; ""War in Eastern Zaire and the First Tutsi- led Rebellion ""; ""Mercenaries for Mobutu ""; ""War Bonanza ""; ""Executive Outcomes ""; ""Confusion in Kinshasa "" ""Western European Forces under Christian Tavernier "" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454819503321 |
London ; ; Sterling, Va., : Pluto Press, 2000 | ||
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Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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