Description: Essays on the security challenges faced by African states.
Brief description: Abu Bakarr Bah is Presidential Research Professor of Sociology and Department Chair at Northern Illinois University. He is founding Director of the Institute for Research and Policy Integration in Africa (IRPIA), Editor in Chief of African Conflict and Peacebuilding Review, and African Editor of Critical Sociology.
Review Quotes:
"Drawing on historical and colonial sources to analyze the transformation of African states into a stable form using new analytic categories such as 'glocalization, ' African States is an important addition to the field of conflict research." -- Alfred Babo, Fairfield University