Africa Books
Afrique centrale: crises 茅conomiques et m茅canismes de survies, eds. Didier Pidika Mukawa and G茅rard Tchouassi (CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal, 2005; 354 pp; $35)
Africa鈥檚 Media: Democracy and the Politics of Belonging by Francis B. Nyamnjoh (Zed Books, London, UK, 2005; 320 pp; hb 拢60, $85, pb 拢18.95, $29.95)
Citoyen et sujet 鈥� L鈥橝frique contemporaine et l鈥檋茅ritage du colonialisme tardif by Mahmood Mamdani (Editions Karthala, Paris , France , 2004; 424 pp; 鈧�29)
Central Africa: Crises, Reform and Reconstruction by E.S.D. Fomin and John W. Forje (CODESRIA, Dakar, Senegal, 2005; 272 pp; $25)
Urban Africa : Changing Contours of Survival in the City, eds. AbdouMaliq Simone and Abdelghani Abouhani (Zed Books, London , UK , 2005; 320 pp; hb 拢55, $85, pb 拢18.95, $29.95)
The Pan-African Nation: Oil and the Spectacle of Culture in Nigeria by Andrew Apter (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, USA, 2005; 296 pp; pb $24, hb $60)
Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa by Howard W. French (Knopf Publishing Group, New York, USA, 2005; 320听pp; pb $15)
African Voices on Development and Social Justice: Editorials from Pambazuka News 2004, eds. Firoze Manji and Patrick Burnett (Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania , 2005; 304 pp, $34.95, 拢17.95)
D茅mocratie et d茅veloppement en Afrique de l鈥橭uest: mythe et r茅alit茅, ed. Elizabeth Annan-Yao (CODESRIA, Dakar , Senegal , 2005; $30)
Helping the Poor? The IMF and Low-Income Countries, eds. Jan Joost Teunissen and Age Akkerman (FONDAD, The Hague , the Netherlands , 2005; 253 pp, pb 鈧�17.50)
Le Financement dans les systemes educatifs d鈥橝frique subsaharienne, eds. Jean Bernard Rasera, Jean-Pierre Jarousse et al (CODESRIA, Dakar , Senegal , 2005; 200 pp; pb 拢16.95, $24.95)
Liberal Democracy and Its Critics in Africa: Political Dysfunction and the Struggle for Social Progress, ed. Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo (Zed Books, London, UK, 2005; 240听pp; hb 拢65, $85, pb 拢18.95, $29.95)
Rights and the Politics of Recognition in Africa, eds. Harri Englund and Francis B. Nyamnjoh (Zed Books, London, UK, 2004; 304 pp; hb 拢49.95, $75, pb 拢15.95, $25)
Poverty, Income Distribution and Labour Markets in Ethiopia, eds. Bigsten Arne, Abebe Shimeles and Bereket Kebede (The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 2005; 200 pp; pb SEK220, 拢16.95, 鈧�22)
The Power of Continuity: Ethiopia Through the Eyes of Its Children by Eva Poluha (The Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden 2004; 217 pp; pb SEK270, 鈧�27, 拢18.95, $32.50)
Prostitution, la mondialisation incarn茅e: Points de vue du Sud, ed. Richard Poulin (Alternatives Sud, Paris, France, 2005; 239 pp; pb 鈧�13, $17)
Armed and Aimless: Armed Groups, Guns and Human Security in the ECOWAS Region, eds. Nicolas Florquin and Eric G. Berman (Small Arms Survey, Geneva, Switzerland, 2005; 391 pp)
The 鈥渓eakage鈥� of state-owned weapons through theft, seizure and corruption is a primary source of small arms for many armed groups in West Africa, concludes this new study by the Geneva-based Small Arms Survey, an independent research project. It documents more than 30 armed groups that have operated in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) since 1988, when the inter-governmental group adopted a moratorium on the production and trade of light weapons in the region. 鈥淭his book greatly enhances our knowledge and understanding of the regional dynamics of armed conflict in West Africa,鈥� comments Mr. Ahmedou Ould-Abdallah, the UN Secretary-General鈥檚 special representative for West Africa. To read or obtain a copy of the report, visit the website: .
