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This book is a study of the challenges facing the Mano River Union (MRU) countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Côte d'Ivoire, with respect to health security and human security. The study is conducted against the backdrop of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone, and in conjunction with the impact on human security of the civil wars that engulfed Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Côte d'Ivoire in recent decades. The author explores the state of public health and national health systems across the sub-region with a view to identifying the underlying institutional and societal challenges facing each nation-state, as well as the potential for enhancing national health systems and creating an integrated regional system of health security. Furthermore, the author examines the challenges facing the MRU countries in the broader context of human security which encompasses physical and mental health; food security; environmental security; political security including law and order; and community security, such as the protection and empowerment of vulnerable segments of the population. The author concludes by recommending deeper regional integration, supranational governance and sovereign collective self-reliance within the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) as the most viable strategic approach to the pervasive health and human security challenges in West Africa.

This work presents a historical framework and a plan for reform of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). It is is based upon in-country investigations, surveys of published works, and a thorough examination of primary sources.

This study examines the role that stand-up comedy has played in empowering popular culture, influencing political culture, and limiting the impact of censorship of artistic creativity in Guinea. It explores ways in which public humor, as a distinctive genre of expression, mitigates the effects of Guinea's low literacy rate while optimizing the informational, educational, and recreational potency of orature. It does this through a topical analysis of the works of three comedians who evolved outside the mainstream mass media and developed steady grassroots platforms and loyal audiences while exposing social injustice and moral flaws within their society. The study concludes that, paradoxically, the fact that the state denied them the status of bona fide artists enabled these comedians to remain free from political co-optation, scrutinize societal taboos, and expose the truth in ways that recognized artists could not under the prevailing political circumstances.

African scholars and activists often suggest that study-abroad programs to Africa be transformed to include an Africa-to-Africa exchange component. Their argument often includes discussion of the possibility that conventional study-abroad programs might perpetuate a colonial relationship between rich nations and those of the African continent rather that developing new relationships among African citizen diplomats. The following is an excellent overview of this debate.

Between 2005 and 2010, a political crisis besieged the Republic of Guinea, nearly rendering the country ungovernable and posing serious security risks for the already instable West African region. The initial episodes of the crisis consisted of general strikes through which a coalition of trade unions and political parties forced ailing President Lansana Conté to sack his cabinet and appoint a national-consensus prime minister. The next episode began with Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara's coup d'état following Gen. Conté's death and culminated in the massacre of pro-democracy demonstrators by state security forces. This article explores the crisis and attempts to elucidate the contribution of ECOWAS and other major international stakeholders to the political transition that ensued.

"This book examines the unique contribution of HBCUs, arguing that through their distinct public education, engagement, and activism, they have been at the forefront of leading global transformations. The book also argues that HBCUs can do more by paying more attention to the issue of enrollment, leadership, finances, and graduation standards"--

Das Themenheft widmet sich in 29 Artikeln dem Auslandsstudium (insbesondere von Amerikanern) in Afrika. Im ersten Abschnitt geht es um verschiedene Kooperationsmodelle und Austauschprogramme von amerikanischen Universitäten mit afrikanischen Institutionen und insbesondere um das "asymmetrische Modell" der Universität Michigan. Der zweite Abschnitt behandelt vorrangig die Inhalte und die Bedeutung eines Studiums in Afrika. Im dritten Abschnitt geht es vor allem um die Organisation von Austauschprogrammen. Ein vierter und letzter Abschnitt thematisiert die - nachhaltigen - Effekte eines Auslandsstudiums auf die Studierenden verschienster ethnischer und sozioökonomischer Herkunft. (DÜI-Sbd)