Interdisciplinary perspectives on Africa
Specialized knowledge in understandable language and didactically prepared with numerous current examples
Unique format

Interdisciplinary perspectives on Africa Specialized knowledge in understandable language and didactically prepared with numerous current examples Unique format

Autorentext

Prof. Dr. em. Rainer Tetzlaff is a lecturer at the Europa-Kolleg of the University of Hamburg, chairman of the Africa-Kollegium Hamburg and Senior Research Fellow of the Academy of World Regions Hamburg.

Klappentext

Interdisciplinary perspectives on Africa Specialized knowledge in understandable language and didactically prepared with numerous current examples Unique format

Inhalt

The legacy of slave trade and colonialism.- The phase of formal colonization (1880-1960).- Germany as a colonial power in Africa.- Decolonization as liberation.- African socialism.- State formation and state collapse.- Democratization.- Population growth, poverty, hunger..- Abundance of raw materials.- War and peace.- Corruption and bad governance.- International development cooperation in Africa.- Development policy perspectives.