Gordon and the Sudan

Gordon and the Sudan
Author: Alice Moore-Harell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 303
Release: 2013-10-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135270066

This is a study on the period preceding the Mahdist revolution in the Sudan. It analyses the administration and political developments under the governor-generalship of Gordon.

From Empires to NGOs in the West African Sahel

From Empires to NGOs in the West African Sahel
Author: Gregory Mann
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1107016541

This book explains the shift from the government of empires to that of NGOs in the region just south of the Sahara. It describes the ambitions of newly independent African states, their political experiments, and the challenges they faced. No other book places black American activism, Amnesty International, and CARE together in the history of African politics.