Author

Contributions

  • Oyebade, Adebayo - Contributor

Publication

2010 - Greenwood, Santa Barbara, Calif, California

Language

English

Word Count

50,000 words, Guess

Page Count

200 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139780313359712
  • ISBN-139780313359729
  • ISBN-100313359717
  • ISBN-100313359725
  • Library of Congress Control Number2010009400
and 4 more
  • OCLC Control Number320193377
  • Better World Books9780313359712
  • Better World Books9780313359729
  • Open LibraryOL24552573M

Classifications

  • DDC967.03/2
  • LCCDT352.8 .F355 2010
  • LCCDT352.8.F355 2010

Description

Conflict has been a critical factor in the making of contemporary Africa, and its study is key to understanding the continent's tumultuous history. Hot Spot: Sub-Saharan Africa analyzes the area's major, post-independence conflicts intense enough to threaten national, regional, or international security. This work defines conflict broadly to encompass political instability and state failure, ethno-religious tensions, government and political corruption, economic mismanagement and poverty, cult violence, and youth gangsterism. Thematically organized chapters examine the origins and development of explosive hot spots-including Sudan, Somalia, Rwanda, and Democratic Republic of Congo-in West Africa, Nigeria, Southern Africa, the Horn of Africa and Central Africa, and the Great Lakes region. The book also explores outside factors that have impacted African conflicts, such as superpower Cold War manipulation and foreign influence and intervention.-- From publisher description.

Subjects

Series Statement

  • Hot spot histories

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