Africa Books

Sudden and Disruptive Climate Change: Exploring the Real Risks and How We Can Avoid Them, eds. Michael C. MacCracken, Frances Moore and John C. Topping, Jr. (Earthscan Publications Ltd., London, UK, 2007; 320 pp; pb £24.95, $39.95; hb £85, $166)

Hanging by a Thread: Cotton, Globalization and Poverty in Africa, eds. William G. Moseley and Leslie C. Gray (Ohio University Press, Athens, Ohio, USA, 2008; 297 pp; pb $24)

La Chinafrique: Pékin à la conquête du continent noir by Michel Beuret and Serge Michel (Éditions Grasset & Fasquelle, Paris, France, 2008; 348 pp; €19.50)

African Development: Making Sense of the Issues and Actors by Todd J. Moss (Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO, USA, 2007; 275 pp; pb $22.50, £13.95; hb $55)

Ivoiriens de l’étranger: Quelle politique de l’Etat et quelles contributions de la diaspora au processus de développement de la Côte d’Ivoire?, eds. Claude Koudou and Vincent Lohouri (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2008; 156 pp; €15.50)

The Bridge at the Edge of the World: Capitalism, the Environment, and Crossing from Crisis to Sustainability by James Gustave Speth (Yale University Press, New Haven, CT, USA, 2008; 320 pp; pb $28)

Darfur: A New History of a Long War by Julie Flint and Alex de Waal (Zed Books, London, UK, 2008; 336 pp; pb £12.99, $18; hb £32.99)

Des femmes écrivent l’Afrique: L’Afrique de l’Ouest et le Sahel, eds. Esi Sutherland-Addy and Aminata Diaw (Karthala, Paris, France, 2007; 610 pp; €32)

Global Change: Enough Water for All? by José L. Lozán et al (Wissenschaftliche Auswertungen, Hamburg, Germany, 2007; 384 pp; pb €35)

Land and Sustainable Development in Africa by Kojo Sebastian Amanor and Sam Moyo (Zed Books, London, UK, 2007; 370 pp; pb £17.99; hb £60)

Between Faith and History: A Biography of J. A. Kufuor by Ivor Agyeman-Duah (Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO, USA, 2007; 440 pp; hb $35)

Libres propos sur les réformes juridiques au Gabon: Dans le tourbillon de la mondialisation by Jean-Pierre Akumbu M’Oluna (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2008; 194 pp; €19.50)

Oil and Politics in the Gulf of Guinea by Ricardo Oliveira (Columbia University Press, New York, NY, USA, 2007; 400 pp, pb $32.50; hb $79.50)

Pauvreté des ménages et accès à l’éducation en Afrique de l’Ouest: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana et Togo, ed. Bernard Kouassi (Karthala, Paris, France, 2008; 179 pp; €19)

The Roots of African Conflicts: The Causes and Costs, eds. Alfred Nhema and Paul Tiyambe Zeleza (Ohio University Press, Ohio, USA, 2008; 288 pp; pb $24.95)

Pourquoi l’Afrique pleure et s’enfonce? Les vraies causes et solutions de la misère africaine by Roland A.Y. Holou (Trafford Publishing, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, 2007; 252 pp; pb $27, C$31.05, €21.05, £13.96)

Savoirs et politiques de développements. Questions en débat à l’aube du XXIe siècle, eds. V.Geronimi et al (Karthala, Paris, France, 2008; 264 pp; €25)

Sociologie générale et africaine: Les sciences sociales et les mutations des sociétés africaines by Albert Muluma Munanga G.T. (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2008; 328 pp; €32.50)

Toward Full and Decent Employment, eds. José Antonio Ocampo and Jomo K.S. (Zed Books, London, UK, 2008; 352 pp; pb £17.99)

Technologies de l’information et de la communication, éducation et post-développement en Afrique: Entre mythe de la technique et espoirs de progrès au Burkina Faso by Zacharia W. Tiemtoré (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2008; 228 pp; €22)

Vision pour une monnaie forte: Plaidoyer pour une nouvelle politique monétaire au Congo by Noël K. Tshiani (L’Harmattan, Paris, France, 2008; 306 pp; €28.50)

Penser les indicateurs de richesse by Dominique Méda (Editions Flammarion, Paris, France, 2008; 224 pp; €6)

African Guerrillas: Raging Against the Machine, eds. Morten Bøås and Kevin C. Dunn (Lynne Rienner Publishers, Boulder, CO, USA, 2007; 275 pp; pb $23.50, £14.95; hb $58, £36.95)