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Title: CONTEMPORARY AFRICA
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES
Volume: 2014
By: Toyin Falola (Editor), Emmanuel M. Mbah (Editor)
Format: Paperback

List price: £62.50


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ISBN 10: 1349494135
ISBN 13: 9781349494132
Publisher: PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Pub. date: 18 December, 2015
Edition: 2014 ed.
Series: African Histories and Modernities
Pages: 261
Synopsis: 60 years after independence, African nations still find it difficult to face a number of challenges, from establishing meaningful democratic institutions to establish social structures centered on the advancement of gender equality. This volume approaches these contemporary African challenges while combating a reflexive and facile Afro-Pessimism.
Illustrations: biography
Publication: UK
Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Returns: Non-returnable
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