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Central Africa. Crises, Reform and Reconstruction

edited by E.S.D. Fomin, John W. Forje

This book addresses development problems and prospects in central Africa, which for the purposes of the study is understood as incorporating countries as Guinea, Central African Republic, Gabon, Cameroon, Congo, Burundi, Rwanda, Angola and Chad.

 Although a disparate, huge and diverse region, many common historical, geographic, political and economic features can be identified; and collective study is justified and important, owing to the interdependence of the countries of the region, and stress on economic integration for the future.

The papers in the collection are divided into two main areas: nation building and regional integration: problems and prospects; and the ‘weird wind of democratisation and governance’. Some examples of topics covered are: the effects of the foreign debt burden on saving ratios in the CEMAC Zone; the Nepad initiative as a basis for fostering economic recovery in the CEMAC Zone; foreign states’ elites and the DRC conflicts 1997- 2002; traumas, memories and ‘modern’ politics in Central Africa; and human rights abuses in the Central Africa sub-region: the case of children.

ISBN 9782869781511 | 272 pages | 229 x 152 mm | 2005 | CODESRIA, Senegal | Paperback

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"This comprehensive work covers a wide range of issues affecting the Central African sub- region and argues that though most of the problems affecting African states are traceable to colonial and the cold-war era, authoritarian leaderships, despotism consolidated through hegemony, politics of exclusion, corruption and unhealthy romance with forces of neo- colonialism are equally to be blamed. ... This is no doubt a timely publication and a must read for anyone interested in the politics of Africa."

Iroanya Richardo, University of Pretoria

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