African Islands

African Islands
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher:
Total Pages: 442
Release: 2019
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 158046954X

Explores the culturally complex and cosmopolitan histories of islands off the African coast

The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective

The Upper Guinea Coast in Global Perspective
Author: Jacqueline Knörr
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2016-02-01
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1785330705

For centuries, Africa’s Upper Guinea Coast region has been the site of regional and global interactions, with societies from different parts of the African continent and beyond engaging in economic trade, cultural exchange and various forms of conflict. This book provides a wide-ranging look at how such encounters have continued into the present day, identifying the disruptions and continuities in religion, language, economics and various other social phenomena. These accounts show a region that, while still grappling with the legacies of colonialism and the slave trade, is both shaped by and an important actor within ever-denser global networks, exhibiting consistent transformation and creative adaptation.

West African Studies Regional Atlas on West Africa

West African Studies Regional Atlas on West Africa
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2009-07-16
Genre:
ISBN: 9789264055926

This atlas describes the West African region, its population, settlement, territories, its economy and its vulnerabilities. It analyses the developments and the ways in which West Africa is conforming to a constantly changing global environment.

Exorcising Devils from the Throne

Exorcising Devils from the Throne
Author: Albertino Francisco
Publisher: Algora Publishing
Total Pages: 246
Release: 2011
Genre: History
ISBN: 0875868460

This political treatise is a passionate portrait of the nation of Sao Tome and Principe (STP) and an analysis of the specific problems of this small island cluster, a beautiful post-colonial country which is slowly but surely being sunk by a battle of politics and perks. Charting the nation's fortunes since achieving independence from Portugal in 1975, the authors describe a leadership so corrupt and inept as to appear possessed by an evil demon.

West African Studies Conflict Networks in North and West Africa

West African Studies Conflict Networks in North and West Africa
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2021-03-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9264455906

Conflicts in North and West Africa have become more violent and widespread than in the past. They have also become more difficult to resolve due to the complex relationships between a growing number of belligerents with diverging agendas. This report maps conflict networks and the evolution of rivalries and alliances in 21 North and West African countries.

Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa

Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa
Author: M. Shahin
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 674
Release: 2006-04-11
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0306480654

Africa, the cradle of many old civilizations, is the second largest world continent, and the homeland of nearly one-eighth of the world population. Despite Africa’s richness in natural resources, the average income per person, after excluding a few countries, is the lowest all over the world, and the percentage of inhabitants infected with contagious diseases is the highest. Development of Africa to help accommodate the ever-increasing population and secure a reasonable living standard to all inhabitants, though an enormous challenge is extremely necessary. Water is the artery of life, without it all living creatures on earth cannot survive. As such, a thorough knowledge of the meteorological and hydrological processes influencing the yield and quality of the water resources, surface and subsurface, and their distribution and variability in time and space is unavoidable for the overall development of any part of the world. It is highly probable that the said knowledge is at present a top priority to Africa, a continent that has been for so long-and probably still-devastated by the endless ambitions of colonial powers not to forget the corruption and destruction practiced by the internal powers, at least in some countries. The present book “Hydrology and Water Resources of Africa” is written with the aim of bringing together in one volume a fair amount of knowledge any professional involved in hydrology and water resources of Africa needs to know.