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Intro -- Contents -- Foreword B -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- European Imperialism -- 2.1. European Colonization of Africa -- 2.2. Europe in the 19th Century -- 2.3. Reasons for European Colonization -- 2.4. Partition of the African Continent -- 2.4.1. Portuguese Empire -- 2.4.2. French Empire -- 2.4.3. British Empire -- 2.4.4. Belgian Empire -- 2.4.5. German Empire -- 2.4.6. Italian Empire -- 2.5. Decolonization of Africa -- 2.5.1. West Africa -- 2.5.2. East Africa -- 2.5.3. After the Second World War -- Institutionalization of Historical Experiences in Africa -- 3.1. Development of Bilateral Security Structures -- 3.1.1. China's Presence in Africa -- 3.1.1.1. China and South Africa -- 3.1.1.2. China and Sierra Leone -- 3.1.1.3. China and Zimbabwe -- 3.1.1.4. China and Sudan -- 3.1.1.5. China and Djibouti -- 3.2. Development of Multilateral Security Structures -- 3.3. The Concept of Cooperative Security -- 3.4. Regional Security Organizations in Africa -- 3.4.1. Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) -- 3.4.2. Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) -- 3.4.3. Southern African Development Security (SADC) -- 3.4.4. Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) -- 3.4.5. East African Community (EAC) -- 3.5. The Concept of Collective Security and Defence -- 3.5.1. The Organization of African Unity -- 3.5.2. The African Union -- 3.5.2.1. The Vision of the AU -- 3.5.3. Organization for Islamic Conference -- 3.5.4. Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative -- 3.5.5. Kimberley Process -- 3.6. Collaborating Security Institutions -- 3.6.1. Centre for Democracy & Development (CDD) -- 3.6.2. Institute for Security Studies (ISS) -- 3.6.3. New Partnership for Africa`s Development -- 3.7. International Organizations -- 3.7.1. United Nations -- 3.7.1.1. United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA)

Positive tourism in Africa : resisting Afro-pessimism -- The community-based natural resource management programme in southern Africa : promise or peril? The case of Botswana -- Land reform and the promotion of collaborative community-based ecotourism at Somkhanda game reserve, South Africa -- Understanding the relationships between protected areas, tourism and community livelihoods : a systems thinking approach -- How community-based tourism can survive in turbulent environments : the Mahenye campfire project, Zimbabwe -- The "Afro-positive turn" : undermining Afro-pessimism through Afro-positive digital counter-narratives -- Broadening Uganda's tourism product base through indigenous cultural resource utilisation -- Insight into Africa : wildlife tourism as educational transformation -- Building cultural resilience in community-based tourism : the case of Goo-Moremi, eastern Botswana -- Leveraging tourism in Kenya through indigenous knowledge -- Regional integration : a lever for positive tourism development in Africa? -- Tourism progress in the SADC region : post-colonial era milestones -- Tourism and economic wellbeing in Africa -- The positive interaction between tourism development and human development : evidence from Mauritius -- Tourism governance and organizational infrastructure in the East African community : a baseline analysis -- The contribution of the law to tourism : the case of Mauritius -- Crises, controversies, and the future Terrorism and tourism recovery cases : a study of Tunisia and Egypt -- The trophy hunting controversy : how hunters rationalise their pastime in social media -- Management of a mature destination : Kruger National Park, South Africa -- The future of tourism in Africa : optimism in a changing environment.

Government in West Africa (1968) examines the practical working of modern government and the constitutional history of West Africa. It looks at various political thinkers and their application to the issues of civil government in West Africa; modern constitutional struggles on the continent; and problems associated with different political systems in the region.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Book Series -- Preface by Chief Fortune Charumbira -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- A Word on the Review Procedure -- Acronyms -- Preamble -- Part I. Theoretical Perspectives -- Chapter 1 - Black Holes in the Global Digital Landscape: The Fuelling of Human Trafficking on the African Continent -- Introduction -- Methodology -- The knowledge society -- Architecture of the information network -- The geographic misrepresentation of Africa and its effect on latency -- Black holes in the global digital landscape -- Stuck with this legacy -- Digitalisation of human trafficking for ransom -- Some empirical evidence -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 2 - Network Gatekeepers in Human Trafficking: Profiting from the Misery of Eritreans in the Digital Era -- Introduction -- Network gatekeepers -- The uneven digitally-connected world -- Methodology -- The relationship between the gated and the gatekeepers -- Alternative information sources -- Ability to produce and distribute information -- Relationship between the gated and the gatekeepers -- Political power -- The dependence of Eritrean refugees on human traffickers -- Alternatives to migration to Europe -- Alternative migration routes or options -- Autonomy to choose human smugglers and traffickers -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 - Bound Together in the Digital Era: Poverty, Migration and Human Trafficking -- Introduction -- The relationship between human trafficking and mixed migration -- Poverty, the main driver of mixed migration -- The cycle of poverty and human trafficking -- Deliberate poverty -- Trafficking in a digital age -- Slavery and trafficking for ransom: A profitable industry -- An African perspective on combatting human trafficking through the eradication of poverty -- Conclusion -- References.

Human rights have a deep and tumultuous history that culminates in the age of rights we live in today, but where does Africa's story fit in with this global history? Here, Bonny Ibhawoh maps this story and offers a comprehensive and interpretative history of human rights in Africa. Rather than a tidy narrative of ruthless violators and benevolent protectors, this book reveals a complex account of indigenous African rights traditions embodied in the wisdom of elders and sages; of humanitarians and abolitionists who marshalled arguments about natural rights and human dignity in the cause of anti-slavery; of the conflictual encounters between natives and colonists in the age of Empire and the "civilizing mission"; of nationalists and anti-colonialists who deployed an emergent lexicon of universal human rights to legitimize longstanding struggles for self-determination, and of dictators and dissidents locked in struggles over power in the era of independence and constitutional rights

Africa Development Indicators 2006 provides the most detailed collection of data on Africa available in one volume. It contains about 450 macroeconomic, sectoral, and social indicators, covering 53 African countries. Designed to provide all those interested in Africa with a focused and convenient set of data to monitor development programs and aid flows in the region, this is an invaluable reference tool for analysts and policymakers who want a better understanding of the economic and social developments occurring in Africa

Introduction and Background -- Conceptual Underpinnings and Contemporary Debates -- Historical and Theoretical Issues -- Migration Policies in Africa -- Migration and Regional Integration: West Africa and Southern Africa -- SADC and ECOWAS: Comparative Perspectives -- Resilient Economy, Migration and Regional Integration.

First published in 1968, this reissue is a study of contemporary international economic policy, with particular emphasis upon economic integration as a means of bringing about a faster rate of economic progress and of helping to overcome poverty. Peter Robson's book is a study of the rationale of common markets and other forms of economic integration among African states and of their operation in practice.The book will be of great value to those concerned with administering or assessing integration schemes in Africa and indeed in less developed areas throughout the world. In addition, it is an