This collection examines the relatively new, and frequently overlooked, political phenomenon in post-colonial Africa of chieftaincy "reinventing" itself.The essays present new research from Ghana, Bo
During the past forty years, Africa south of the Sahara has been the most conflict-prone region of the world. Yet in spite of its growing geopolitical importance, both as a resource base and as an eme
A century ago, agriculture was the dominant economic sector in much of Africa. By the 1990s, however, African farmers had declining incomes and were worse off, on average, than those who did not farm
This study of the history of higher education in Nigeria examines public policy surrounding the development of institutions and programs designed to provide widely available education to all citizens
While teaching in Ghana in 1994-96, Kreitzer (social work, U. of Calgary) became uncomfortably aware that she was part of the professional imperialism she had read about--promulgating Western ideas ab
