African Politics
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From  NEW! Libyan tragedy, Canadian guiltFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter argues that NATO’s 2011 war on Libya turned a relatively stable, egalitarian state into a deeply fragmented and impoverished country, while Canadian corporations like … | Owen Schalk | 12 | 2025 | $1.20 Add |
 NEW! Postcards from CongoA Graphic History |
The Democratic Republic of Congo, the second-largest country in Africa by area, has a fractured and bloody history, variously undone by decades of colonialism, civil war, corruption, and … | Edmund Trueman | 176 | 2022 | View |
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From  Power to Those Who Have It!Phillip Gourevitch |
In Chapter 9, Philpot explores the notion of the chosen “good” chiefs who the Europeans used during their imperial and colonial pursuits in Africa. Philpot discusses two African … | Robin Philpot | 11 | 2013 | $1.10 Add |
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From NEW! PrefaceFrom: Postcards from Congo |
Preface by author Edmond Trueman explaining his motivations behind the book and the choice to make it an illustrated history. | Edmund Trueman | 6 | 2022 | $0.60 Add |
Rwanda and the New Scramble for AfricaFrom Tragedy to Useful Imperial Fiction |
“… essential reading.” Edward S. Herman An accepted narrative holds that horrible Rwandan Hutu génocidaires planned and executed a satanic scheme to eliminate nearly a million Tutsis after a … | Robin Philpot | 276 | 2013 | View |
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From Scouts at her Majesty’s Service |
In Chapter 4, Philpot critiques and highlights the fact that a commission comprising of mainly American, Canadian, and French nationals– six of ten members of whom admitted that they knew … | Robin Philpot | 12 | 2013 | $1.20 Add |
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From  SirteKeystone of Independence From: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In Chapter One Sirte: Keystone of Independence, Forte contrasts the city of Sirte– found to be in near total ruin by the end of the 2011 Libyan Civil War– to the Sirte which was once … | Maximilian C. Forte | 39 | 2012 | $3.90 Add |
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From SirteTouchstone of Imperialism From: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In Chapter Two Sirte: Touchstone of Imperialism, Forte examines how Sirte represented a post-colonial Libya, as the seat of the Al-Fateh Revolution and later the focus of international attention … | Maximilian C. Forte | 68 | 2012 | $6.80 Add |
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From  Sisters in StruggleFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes as context the recent history of the Sudan, and recounts one family’s experience living through the 1983-84 violence in the country, their journey to refugee camps in Ethiopia and … | David Starr | 17 | 2016 | $1.70 Add |
Slouching Towards SirteNATO's War on Libya and Africa |
NATO’s war in Libya was proclaimed as a humanitarian intervention—bombing in the name of “saving lives.” Attempts at diplomacy were stifled. Peace talks were subverted. … | Maximilian C. Forte | 344 | 2012 | View |
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From Sunday at the CesspoolGil Courtemanche |
In Chapter 11, Philpot critiques Gil Courtemanche’s novel Sunday at the Pool in Kigali, in which Courtemanche describes himself as “an eye-witness report,” even though he was … | Robin Philpot | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From The AftermathA New War on Africa From: Slouching Towards Sirte |
In the Conclusion, Forte ends with an extension of one of the key themes in this book, namely that the war against Libya was also a war against Africa. He examines critical perspectives on regime … | Maximilian C. Forte | 42 | 2012 | $4.20 Add |
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From NEW! The First Decade of Mobutu’s Zaire1965–1975 From: Postcards from Congo |
The chapter explores the first decade of Mobutu’s rule over Zaire (formerly Congo) from 1965 to 1975. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! The First Peaceful Transition2019–2021 From: Postcards from Congo |
The final chapter follows the Congo in recent years as it adjusts to new political realities and the evolving pandemics. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From The Heart of Dark Imaginations |
In Chapter 8, Philpot offers a post-colonial critique of how Africa has been portrayed in the Western imagination. Using Dorothy Hammond’s and Alta Jablow’s in-depth study “The … | Robin Philpot | 9 | 2013 | $0.90 Add |
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From The Importance of Being CanadianCarol Off |
In Chapter 10, Philpot examines Carol Off’s essay “The Lion, The Fox and the Eagle.” Off’s essay the is about author’s heroes, Roméo Dallaire (“the … | Robin Philpot | 10 | 2013 | $1.00 Add |
