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Caption title: The slavery question. ; Library's copy lacks title page. ; Mode of access: Internet.

ABSTRACTIn 2002, Kenya's new National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) undertook to investigate and ensure the recovery of all public lands illegally allocated by the outgoing government. A Commission of Inquiry into the Illegal and Irregular Allocation of Public Land, chaired by the lawyer Paul Ndung'u, was appointed. The commission's report sets out the illegal land awards made to powerful individuals and families, provides important information about the mechanisms by which public land was misallocated, and shows how the doctrine that public land should be administered and allocated 'in the public interest' was consistently perverted. This paper explores what the Ndung'u report tells us about the role of the legal profession in the illegal and irregular misallocation of public land. It makes clear that the legal profession, far from upholding the rule of law, has played a central role in land corruption, using its professional skills and networks to accumulate personal wealth for itself and others. This stands in contrast to the role of the legal profession in promoting good governance and the rule of law envisaged by donors of international development aid. This paper focuses on 'local' land grabbing, and argues that the 'global land grab' or 'investor rush' needs to be understood alongside local manifestations of land privatisation.

Wesentliche Elemente der Afrikapolitik von Reagan. Entscheidende Bedeutung des Namibia-, Angola- und Kubaner-Problems und der Einstellung gegenüber wirtschaftlichen Sanktionen als Antwort auf die südafrikanische Apartheidspolitik. Vorschlag für eine neue US-Außenpolitik gegenüber Afrika. Ohne Lösung des Namibia-Problems und ohne eine eindeutige Position gegenüber der südafrikanischen Rassenpolitik dürften die USA in Afrika weiter an Glaubwürdigkeit verlieren

Objective. Although high levels of black‐white residential segregation have long been observed, relatively little is known about the residential patterns of black immigrants. This analysis examines the role of nativity and Hispanic ethnicity for the residential patterns of blacks in the United States.Methods. This article uses data from the 2000 Census to calculate dissimilarity indexes and conduct regression analyses.Results. We find differences in the extent of segregation of blacks from whites, with Hispanic blacks and non‐Hispanic black immigrants exhibiting higher levels of segregation from whites than U.S.‐born non‐Hispanic blacks.Conclusions. The strength of nativity and socioeconomic status provides some support for spatial assimilation theory. Metropolitan context also plays a role in explaining residential patterns: one reason foreign and Hispanic blacks are very segregated from whites is that they tend to reside in metropolitan areas where black‐white segregation has generally been high. Despite the role of these factors, race itself remains of great importance in explaining residential patterns, as segregation from whites is high among all black subgroups.

The situation of African states as they enter the 1990s is generally considered to be desperate. Extreme weakness in a number of forms characterises their politics, while their economies are either stagnant or deteriorating. It is not clear what resources are relevant to solving these problems, nor how they will be acquired, although increased external assistance obviously will be needed.

Introduction: Threading Together the "Africas" -- The Idea of Continental Supranationalism -- The African Union: Navigating the Intergovernmental/Supranational Terrain -- Understanding the Interplay of Law and Politics in the Matrix of Continental Supranationalism: The Elemental Prisms -- Transcending Member States: Pathways to Building Continental Supranationalism in Africa -- Conclusion: Summary and the Way Forward.

Learning communities are defined as linked courses that encourage integration of the curriculum, help students establish academic and social support networks, and bring the faculty together to collaborate in meaningful ways. The purpose of this article is to describe a learning community based on two linked courses with an African American popular culture theme. The design, function, and process of this learning community are described, and results of focus group evaluations are delineated. In addition, the learning community concept's application to African American students is considered. Specifically this learning community focused on race, hip-hop, and sport. The high visibility of African American athletes and entertainers has spawned a phenomenon in the African American community, the United States, and the world that merit careful study.