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The curse of Berlin : Africa after the Cold War
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- Creator
- Adekeye Adebajo
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]
- ©2010
- Physical Details
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- xxxiii, 414 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780231702003, 0231702000
- OCLC
- ocn606001295
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Preface: Black Berlin and the curse of fragmentation : from Bismarck to Barack / Ali M. Mazrui -- Introduction: Bismarck's sorcery and Africa's three magic kingdoms -- pt. 1. The quest for security -- Prophets of pax Africana : Africa's security architecture -- From global apartheid to global village : Africa and the United Nations -- The pharaoh and the prophet : Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan -- pt. 2. The quest for hegemony -- Messiah or mercantilist? : South Africa in Africa -- Gulliver's troubles : Nigeria in Africa -- An axis of virtue? : South Africa and Nigeria in Africa -- An axis of evil? : China, the United States, and France in Africa -- The springbok and the dragon : South Africa vs. China in Africa -- pt. 3. The quest for unity -- Mandela and Rhodes : a monstrous marriage -- Thabo Mbeki : a Nkrumahist renaissance? -- Towers of Babel? : the African Union and the European Union -- Obamamania : Africa, African Americans, and the avuncular Sam -- The heirs of Gandhi : how Africa and Asia changed the world
Subjects
- African Union.
- Berlin West Africa Conference (1884-1885 : Berlin, Germany) -- Influence.
- Politicians -- Africa.
- National security -- Africa.
- Hegemony.
- World politics -- 1989-
- International relations -- History -- 20th century.
- International relations -- History -- 21st century.
- Africa -- Foreign relations -- 1960-
- Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-