Africa's International Relations: The Diplomacy Of Dependency And Change

by Ali A Mazrui

Overview

The author presents a journey through African and Western history, culture and politics. By essaying Africa's international relations, Mazrui returns to an important truth: the power of race and culture in Africa's relations with the West. Discussing African political formation, his overriding theme, not unpredictably, is assimilation - of the enti

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780429717253
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	06/03/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	320
File size:	759 KB

About the Author

Ali Al'amin Mazrui is an academic and political writer on African and Islamic studies and North-South relations. He is an Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities and the Director of the Institute of Global Cultural Studies at the State University of New York at Binghamton.

Table of Contents

The Global Context -- Africa & the International Structure -- Africa & International Ideologies -- Early Struggles against Dependency: Nkrumah versus de Gaulle -- Inter-Regional Relations -- Africa & the Black Diaspora -- Africa & Western Europe -- Africa & Asia -- Africa & the Middle East -- Africa & the USA -- Africa & the Soviet Union -- Africa & the United Nations -- The Global Issues -- Race & Dignity -- Arms & Nationhood* -- Population & Politics -- Ecology & Culture -- Towards the Year 2000: A Conclusion