Description: This book provides compelling case studies of Africa's struggles, accomplishments, challenges, and prospects in the critical and interconnected areas of governance, security, and development. It argues that that Africa needs to decolonize the terms of reference that guide its ...
Brief description: Mohamed Saliou Camara is a professor of history, philosophy, and mass communication and the current chair of the Department of African Studies at Howard University. He is the author of seven books and numerous book chapters and peer-reviewed articles on African studies, with a focus on political history, political communication, media and society, religion and philosophy, the civil-military relations, human security, and intra-African foreign relations. He is the winner of the 2023 Le Grand Prix de la Francophonie award.
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"This book magnifies understanding and puts information about Africa squarely into the hands of the academia, global corporations, world governments, and any reader seeking to understand Africa's challenges, opportunities, leaders, policy-makers, and society-at-large. I have no grain of doubt that the critical analysis of leadership and sociopolitical changes, peace and security in the regions of the continent -- all assiduously covered under the case studies -- make this book a must-read." --Josepha M. Musabyemariya Nelson, Assistant to the Ambassador and Officer for Youth and Humanitarian Affairs, African Union Mission to the USA
"This voume is a call to our collective consciences." --Kehbuma Langmia, Howard University "This novel collection attempts to move past competition between China and the United States and recenter Africa in debates surrounding its governance, security and development. Many of its chapters offer original takes to key debates within an African studies space. Readers hoping to be introduced to these arguments will find this text valuable." --Tom McNamara, La Trobe University