Africa Books

Unbowed: A Memoir by Wangari Maathai (Knopf Publishing Group, New York, NY, USA, 2006; 320 pp; $24.95)

Africa after Gender? eds. Catherine M. Cole, Takyiwaa Manuh and Stephan F. Miescher (Indiana University Press, Indiana, USA, 2007; 344 pp; pb $24.95, hb $65)

Le double agenda de la R-D Congo: Tribus ou nation? by Ghislain Kitenge Mpange (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2007; 100 pp; pb €9.60, FF63)

Education scolaire et lien social en Afrique noire by Marcus Ndongmo (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2007; 306 pp; pb €27, FF177)

Towards a New Map of Africa, eds. Camilla Toulmin, Ben Wisner and Rutendo Chitiga (Earthscan, London, UK, 2005; 350 pp; £16.99)

Children at War by P.W. Singer (University of California Press, CA, USA, 2006; 278 pp; pb $16.95)

Leashing the Dogs of War: Conflict Management in a Divided World, eds. Chester A. Crocker, Fen Osler Hampson and Pamela Aall (United States Institute of Peace Press, Washington, DC, USA, 2007; 800 pp; pb $45, hb $75)

Innocents Lost: When Child Soldiers Go to War by Jimmie Briggs (Basic Books, New York, NY, USA, 2005; 188 pp; hb $24.95)

Transitions in Namibia: Which Change for Whom? ed. Henning Melber (Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 2006; 250 pp; pb SEK290, $37.50)

Ending Africa’s Wars: Progressing to Peace, eds. Oliver Furley and Roy May (Ashgate Publishing, Williston, Vermont, USA, 2006; 258 pp; hb $99.95)

L’Afrique à l’ère du savoir: science, société et pouvoir by Jean-Marc Ela (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2007; 410 pp; €29, FF190)

Entre la postmodernité et le néo-pragmatisme: Histoire de la philosophie africaine, Livre IV by Grégoire Biyogo (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2006; 252 pp; €18.50)

Etats et sociétés fragiles – Entre conflits, reconstruction et développement, eds. Jean-Marc Châtaigner and Hervé Magro (Karthala, Paris, France, 2007; 560 pp; €25)

He Didn’t Die Easy: The Search for Hope Amid Poverty, War and Genocide by Mary W. Kimani (iUniverse, Inc., Lincoln, NE, USA, 2006; 172 pp; pb $15.95, hb $25.95)

La succession d’Eyadema: Le perroquet de Kara by Charles Debbasch (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2006; 190 pp; €17)

History Making and Present Day Politics: The Making of Collective Memory in South Africa, ed. Hans-Eric Stolten (Stylus Publishing, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 2006; 300 pp; $39.95)

L’illusion tragique du pouvoir au Congo-Zaïre by Kambayi Bwatshia (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2007; 256 pp; pb €22, FF144)

Learning to Compete in African Industry: Institutions and Technology in Development by Banji Oyelaran-Oyeyinka (Ashgate Publishing, Williston, Vermont, USA, 2006; 208 pp; hb $99.95)

Aid and Influence: Do Donors Help or Hinder? by Stephen Browne (Stylus Publishing, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 2006; 192 pp; pb $32.50, hb $110)

Côte d’Ivoire: un plaidoyer pour une prise de conscience africaine, ed. Claude Koudou (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2007; 148 pp; pb €13.50, FF89)

Escaping Poverty’s Grasp: The Environmental Foundations of Poverty Reduction by David Reed (Stylus Publishing, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 2006; 224 pp; pb $35, hb $85)

Legacies of Power: Leadership Change and Former Presidents in African Politics, eds. Roger Southall and Henning Melber (Nordic Africa Institute, Uppsala, Sweden, 2005; 350 pp; pb SEK240, €25)

Corporate Social Responsibility and International Development: Is Business the Solution? by Michael Hopkins (Stylus Publishing, Herndon, Virginia, USA, 2006; 224 pp; hb $39.95)

Against Global Capitalism: African Social Movements Confront Neoliberal Globalization by E. Osei Kwadwo Prempeh (Ashgate Publishing, Williston, Vermont, USA, 2006; 198 pp; hb $99.95)

The Media and the Rwanda Genocide, ed. Allan Thompson (Pluto Press, London, UK, 2007; 480 pp; pb £19.99, $29.95, €30, hb £60, $95, €90)