Over the last twenty-five years, the "Africa Rising" discourse has been used to signify hope and promise for the continent, marking a break from previous pessimistic portrayals. This book critically examines that discourse, analyzing recurring themes, tropes, metaphors, and imagery.

Over the last twenty-five years, the "Africa Rising" discourse has been used to signify hope and promise for the continent, marking a break from previous pessimistic portrayals. This book critically examines that discourse, analyzing recurring themes, tropes, metaphors, and imagery.

The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data. It presents the latest facts, figures and directory information, providing a detailed, impartial and unique perspective on the region and includes essays written by specialists on sub-Saharan Africa.

The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data. It presents the latest facts, figures and directory information, providing a detailed, impartial and unique perspective on the region and includes essays written by specialists on sub-Saharan Africa.

This edited volume provides a timely and critical analysis of Africa-EU relations in the new Samoa Agreement phase of the long standing ‘Eurafrican’ relationship.

This book investigates the history, political economy and spatiality of Chinese railway projects in Africa.

This book explores Africa-EU relations within the African Continental Free Trade Area, both at regional levels and as a series of processes of socioeconomic and political interactions between various actors. The book will interest academics who specialise in International Relations, African Studies, Political Economy and Sociology.

Through the perspective of activists from East and Central Africa, Milford presents a history of global decolonisation and anticolonialism in the 1950s and 1960s. Drawing on multi-archival research, she foregrounds the role of these activists in transnational networks and the limits of the solidarity projects in which they participated.

The first comprehensive analysis of the impact of the Reagan revolution on African-American political life. The book also critically assesses the Clinton administration's record on race and the Democratic party response to affirmative action, welfare, and other aspects of the African-American political agenda.