The History and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention and Aid in Africa

Front Matter....Pages i-xv
Introduction: Enduring Humanitarianisms in Africa....Pages 1-22
Freetown, Frere Town and the Kat River Settlement: Nineteenth-Century Humanitarian Intervention and Precursors to Modern Refugee Camps....Pages 23-42
Public Health or Public Good? Humanitarian Agendas and the Treatment of Leprosy in Uganda....Pages 43-66
Contraband Charity: German Humanitarianism in Contemporary Kenya....Pages 67-92
‘Reading’ British Armed Humanitarian Intervention in Sierra Leone, 2000–2....Pages 93-119
Humanitarian Intervention in the Horn of Africa....Pages 120-139
The Democratic Republic of Congo: The Land of Humanitarian Interventions....Pages 140-157
Humanitarian Aspects of Interventions by the United Nations in Southern Africa....Pages 158-175
The Nigerian Civil War and ‘Humanitarian Intervention’....Pages 176-196
Building State Effectiveness: Evolving Donor Approaches to Good Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa....Pages 197-216
Beyond Humanitarian Imperialism: The Dubious Origins of ‘Humanitarian Intervention’ and Some Rules for its Future....Pages 217-231
Conclusion....Pages 232-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-250