Contemporary Africa: Challenges and Opportunities

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi
Introduction: Change and Continuity in Contemporary Africa....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
Mau Mau Inventions and Reinventions....Pages 23-45
The Development of the Civil Service in Africa....Pages 47-62
The Second World War and Africa’s Socioeconomic Infrastructures: A Case Study of the Nigerian Railroad System....Pages 63-87
The Cold War and the Emergence of Economic Divergences: Africa and Asia Compared....Pages 89-125
Front Matter....Pages 127-127
Africa’s Debt Burden and the HIPC Initiative: Cameroon, from Challenges to Opportunity....Pages 129-153
The Effects of Family Size on Socioeconomic Status in Cameroon: A Critical Analysis....Pages 155-174
Music and the Politics of Culture in a South African Zulu HIV/AIDS Experience: Implications for “Post-Apartheid” Discourse....Pages 175-190
Land and Conflict in Kenya’s Rift Valley: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives....Pages 191-223
The Migration of Professionals from Africa: Assessing the Impact of the “Brain Drain” from the Continent....Pages 225-244
Conclusion: Africa that Works....Pages 245-251
Back Matter....Pages 253-261