African Politics
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| Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From  The Last Song of Akol CholFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Details the life of a young boy from the Sudan who suffered a traumatic brain injury during the war. When his family came to Canada in order to get him the services he needed they placed him in … | David Starr | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From  NEW! The Mad DogFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter looks at Qadhafi’s radical reform program of the 1980s, which clashed violently with the US-led world order. As Libya used oil, arms, and support for liberation movements to … | Owen Schalk | 15 | 2025 | $1.50 Add |
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From NEW! The multipolar worldFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter examines Libya’s collapse into civil war and jihadist takeover while the US shifted its focus to containing a rising China and Russia, whose growing independence signaled a new … | Owen Schalk | 4 | 2025 | $0.40 Add |
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From NEW! The nationalization threatFrom: Targeting Libya |
In this chapter, SNC-Lavalin’s corrupt ties to the Qadhafi family deepened just as Libya’s relations with Western oil companies and governments took a turn for the worse. In Libya … | Owen Schalk | 9 | 2025 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Power of a Word |
In Chapter 3, Philpot discusses how Central Africa has been turned upside down in the pursuit of génocidaires. Philpot examines how with the support of the United States, Canada, the United … | Robin Philpot | 15 | 2013 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Race for a Seat on the UN Security CouncilFrom: Canada is Not Back |
Examines the Trudeau government’s commitment to winning a seat in the UN Security Council in 2020. Explores Trudeau’s position on major international issues, including the Israeli … | Jocelyn Coulon | 22 | 2019 | $2.20 Add |
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From  NEW! The Rough Road to Independence1945-1960 From: Postcards from Congo |
This chapter follows the journey of the burgeoning Congolese nation to fight for and achieve Independence following the second world war until 1960. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From NEW! The SNC-Lavalin affairFrom: Targeting Libya |
This chapter details how SNC-Lavalin evaded serious punishment for its Libyan bribery scandal through political lobbying and a plea deal in Canada, while Libya now lay in ruins. | Owen Schalk | 11 | 2025 | $1.10 Add |
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From These Things Happen in AfricaFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the life of a man from Somalia who lost his leg delivering supplies to a UN refugee camp and then became a refugee in Uganda before being approved to come to Canada with his family. | David Starr | 9 | 2016 | $0.90 Add |
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From This is What War Looks Like to WomenFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Describes the experience of a woman born in Liberia in 1982 who escaped the civil war in Liberia by moving to Ivory Coast where war soon broke out as well. She then found her way to a refugee … | David Starr | 11 | 2016 | $1.10 Add |
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From Three Simple WishesFrom: From Bombs to Books |
Discusses a recent history of a family from the Eritrea province of Ethiopia and the violence they experienced prior to being approved to come to Canada as refugees. | David Starr | 12 | 2016 | $1.20 Add |
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From NEW! Trouble Brewing in the East: First Congo War1994–1997 From: Postcards from Congo |
The chapter follows the First Congo War from 1994 to 1997. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
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From "Watch out for Africa!" Closing in on the Congo |
In Chapter 15, Philpot explores the end of the Rwandan crisis and what it evolved into in the Congo. Philpot examines what happened to the 1,300,000 Rwandan refugees who remained displaced in … | Robin Philpot | 20 | 2013 | $2.00 Add |
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From NEW! Working for Belgium, Fighting for Belgium1930–1945 From: Postcards from Congo |
This chapter explores labour relations in Congo and the resource extraction of resources and physical bodies for Belgium up until the end of the Second World War. | Edmund Trueman | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
