Studying the reactions from Fula communities in West Africa that have created narratives of their own, Narratives of Mali: Fula Communities in Times of Crisis analyzes the various narratives employed in Mali as the country faces a lasting political, social, and security crisis that threatens the country's sense of identity.
This text explores the profound changes that have affected social relations in Morocco over the last 150 years, particularly those between the sexes and between linguistic identities and cultures. It provides a portrait of Morocco under colonial and post-colonial leadership.
This book examines issues relating to Menkiti's "Person and Community in African Traditional Thought," which articulates an African notion of personhood. Contributors not only show that personhood is normative but also explore the implications this notion of personhood and citizenship holds for the nation-state in Africa.
The Destruction of Liberia and the Religious Dimension of an African Civ
Liberia has been one of Africa's most violent trouble spots. This book traces the history of the civil war that has blighted Liberia and looks at its political, ethnic and cultural roots. It focuses on the role religion and ritual have played in shaping and intensifying this brutal war.
Niall McKay explores the use of Christian scriptures to resist apartheid in South Africa. From this, the author develops an approach to reading the gospel of Mark which is shaped by literary materialism and examples an approach to religious texts for the sake of liberative theory and action.
Commanding the 10th Mountain Division's Quick Reaction Company During Bl
On the afternoon of October 3, 1993, two Black Hawk helicopters were shot down over the Somali capital of Mogadishu, leaving a handful of U.S. Army Rangers and Delta Force operators at the mercy of several thousand approaching militants. Ordered to "go find the glow"--the burning wreckage--hard-charging Capt.
A Cultural History of the Malian Diaspora in Lagos
The author uses the Malian diaspora in Lagos, Nigeria to examine the persistence of nationalism in an age of globalization. In this case study, the bilateral struggle for loyalty between origin and host societies is complicated by a common faith and the presence of a transnational movement of reformist Islam.
This book provides an in-depth study of the life of the late Pan-African leader Kwame Nkrumah. The authors present a twenty-first-century reinterpretation of Nkrumah's Pan-Africanist views in the context of Black unity as well as Black liberation within the African continent and the United States and Caribbean diaspora.
