Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
|
Your cart is empty |
|||
Showing 1 - 5 of 5 matches in All Departments
Just before Christmas 1989, a small group of armed fighters crossed
a narrow river marking the frontier with Sierra Leone, and entered
the West African state of Liberia. The civil war which followed
plunged the African continent's oldest republic into a long and
agonising nightmare, during which the country was torn apart and
its people brutalised by terror, violence and bloodshed. The war
promised to liberate Liberians after almost ten years of vicious
dictatorship under President Samuel Doe; instead, as the first
shots were fired, the seeds of Liberia's devastation were sown.
Just before Christmas 1989, a small group of armed fighters crossed
a narrow river marking the frontier with Sierra Leone, and entered
the West African state of Liberia. The civil war which followed
plunged the African continent's oldest republic into a long and
agonising nightmare, during which the country was torn apart and
its people brutalised by terror, violence and bloodshed. The war
promised to liberate Liberians after almost ten years of vicious
dictatorship under President Samuel Doe; instead, as the first
shots were fired, the seeds of Liberia's devastation were sown.
In The Skull Beneath the Skin: Africa After the Cold War award-winning journalist Mark Huband argues that foreign involvement in Africa - whether by colonialists, financial donors, armies, political reformers, or Cold War protagonists - has been the single most destructive element in the continent's history. He argues that the catastrophes that hav
In The Skull Beneath the Skin: Africa After the Cold War award-winning journalist Mark Huband argues that foreign involvement in Africa - whether by colonialists, financial donors, armies, political reformers, or Cold War protagonists - has been the single most destructive element in the continent's history. He argues that the catastrophes that have erupted since the end of the Cold War are a legacy of that long foreign involvement, and that stability will be achieved on the continent only if African countries are left to find their own solutions to the problems they face. The end of the Cold War may now offer the opportunity for Africa to achieve the independence it never really achieved when the European powers departed from their former colonies.
Based on eyewitness accounts and original interviews, this bold new work provides a vivid portrayal of the evolving political and cultural role played by Islamic fundamentalist movements. Drawing on his firsthand experiences, Mark Huband moves deep inside the contemporary Islamic movements of countries as diverse as Morocco and Afghanistan.Huband reveals how Western powers have contributed to the rise of Islamic movements by their earlier support of the Afghan Islamic resistance and gives detailed accounts of his discussions with militant groups, Muslim scholars, and political opponents of the Islamic movements.Enriching these discussions, the author contextualizes the movements by exploring their historical and intellectual framework. The book uniquely illustrates the variety found within the movements, as well as the range of relationships the Islamic movements have to the various countries in which they are active."Warriors of the Prophet" details the current crisis in Algeria; the disappointments of Arab nationalism and socialist experiments in Egypt; the social breakdown of Somalia in relation to the ideal of an Islamic way of life; the disaffected youth in the Islamic movements of Morocco, Egypt, and elsewhere; and the Islamic experiment and its relationship with the non-Islamic world as revealed in Sudan's experience since 1989. Through these insightful accounts, Huband gives us a penetrating exploration of one of the major issues of the late twentieth century.
|
You may like...
Positively Me - Daring To Live And Love…
Nozibele Mayaba, Sue Nyathi
Paperback
|