From the Mountains to the Plains

From the Mountains to the Plains
Author: Leif O. Manger
Publisher: Nordic Africa Institute
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9789171063366

Through detailed analysis of local processes of interaction between Nuba and Arabic groups it gives new light to concepts such as Islamization and Arabization. The local processes affecting the economic and cultural survival of the Lafofa are presented in the context of the wider political history of the Nuba Mountains, and the position of the Nuba in the Sudanese society.

Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa

Handbook of Land and Water Grabs in Africa
Author: John Anthony Allan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 514
Release: 2013
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1857436695

Four other themes will addressed: politics, economics, the environment and the history of land investments in sub-Saharan Africa.