Oil and Insurgency in the Niger Delta

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• The recent escalation in the violent conflict in the Niger Delta has brought the region to the forefront of international energy and security concerns... Lees meer

Women and the Informal Economy in Urban Africa

Mary Njeri Kinyanjui

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• In this highly original work, Mary Njeri Kinyanjui explores the trajectory of women's movement from the margins of urbanization into the centres of bu... Lees meer

Diasporas, Development and Peacemaking in the Horn of Africa

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• Exiled populations, who increasingly refer to themselves as diaspora communities, hold a strong stake in the fate of their countries of origin. In a w... Lees meer

Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• The issue of biofuels has already been much debated, but the focus to date has largely been on Latin America and deforestation - this highly original ... Lees meer

Private Security in Africa

• Hardcover | Engels | Africa Now
• Across Africa, growing economic inequality, instability and urbanization have led to the rapid spread of private security providers. While these PSPs ... Lees meer

DIY Urbanism in Africa

Stephen Marr, Patience Mususa

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• Protracted economic crises, accelerating inequalities, and increased resource scarcity present significant challenges for the majority of Africa's urb... Lees meer

Displacement Economies in Africa

• Hardcover | Engels | Africa Now
• Large-scale displacement - whether caused by war, state-related political or development projects, different forms of political violence, structural c... Lees meer

The Future of African Peace Operations

• Hardcover | Engels | Africa Now
• Facing threats ranging from Islamist insurgencies to the Ebola pandemic, African regional actors are playing an increasingly vital role in safeguardin... Lees meer

The Rise of China and India in Africa

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• In recent years, China and India have become the most important economic partners of Africa and their footprints are growing by leaps and bounds, tran... Lees meer

Transformations of Rural Spaces in Mozambique

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• With contributions from both Mozambican and non-Mozambican scholars of multi-disciplinary backgrounds and approaches, this book provides a range of ne... Lees meer

Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War?

Maria Eriksson Baaz, Professor Maria Stern

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• All too often in conflict situations, rape is referred to as a 'weapon of war', a term presented as self-explanatory through its implied storyline of ... Lees meer

Africa's World Trade

Margaret C Lee

• Hardcover | Engels | Africa Now
• Are Africa's world markets really contributing to development across the continent for individuals, nations and regions? This is the key question pose... Lees meer

Political Science in Africa

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• Bringing together African and international scholars, this book gives an account of the present state of the discipline of political science in Africa... Lees meer

South Africa, Settler Colonialism and the Failures of Liberal Democracy

Doctor Thiven Reddy

• Hardcover | Engels | Africa Now
• In South Africa, two unmistakable features describe post-Apartheid politics. The first is the formal framework of liberal democracy, including regular... Lees meer

Kenya

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• The aftermath of recent Kenyan elections has been marred by violence and an apparent crisis in democratic governance, with the negotiated settlement r... Lees meer

Political Science in Africa

• Hardcover | Engels | Africa Now
• Bringing together African and international scholars, this book gives an account of the present state of the discipline of political science in Africa... Lees meer

Violence in African Elections

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• Multiparty elections have become the bellwether by which all democracies are judged, and the spread of these systems across Africa has been widely hai... Lees meer

Child Migration in Africa

Iman Hashim, Doctor Dorte Thorsen

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• Child Migration in Africa explores the mobility of children without their parents within West Africa. Drawing on the experiences of children from rura... Lees meer

Warlord Democrats in Africa

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• Post-war democratization has been identified as a crucial mechanism to build peace in war-ridden societies, supposedly allowing belligerents to compet... Lees meer

Displacement Economies in Africa

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• Large-scale displacement - whether caused by war, state-related political or development projects, different forms of political violence, structural c... Lees meer

Agricultural Development and Food Security in Africa

• Hardcover | Engels | Africa Now
• The subject of food security and land issues in Africa has become one of increased importance and contention over recent years. In particular, the foc... Lees meer

The Rise of Africa's Middle Class

• Hardcover | Engels | Africa Now
• Across Africa, a burgeoning middle class has become the poster child for the 'Africa rising' narrative. Ambitious, aspirational and increasingly afflu... Lees meer

Biofuels, Land Grabbing and Food Security in Africa

• Hardcover | Engels | Africa Now
• The issue of biofuels has already been much debated, but the focus to date has largely been on Latin America and deforestation - this highly original ... Lees meer

Invisibility in African Displacements

• Paperback | Engels | Africa Now
• African migrants have become increasingly demonised in public debate and political rhetoric. There is much speculation about the incentives and trajec... Lees meer