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This book provides an overview of Tanzania, one of Africa's
economically most distressed, socially most innovative, and
politically most controversial countries. Focusing on the last
three decades, it glimpses into the rich Tanzanian past and
reflects influences from the world's major cultures.
Kenya is one of Africa's most important and controversial nations.
It has simultaneously been heralded for its political stability and
economic success and criticized as a wellspring of elitism and
class exploitation. Kenya remains a close ally of the West and a
symbol of capitalism in Africa, and it occupies a position of
strategic importance to t
This book provides an overview of Tanzania, one of Africa's
economically most distressed, socially most innovative, and
politically most controversial countries. Focusing on the last
three decades, it glimpses into the rich Tanzanian past and
reflects influences from the world's major cultures.
Kenya is one of Africa's most important and controversial nations.
It has simultaneously been heralded for its political stability and
economic success and criticized as a wellspring of elitism and
class exploitation. Kenya remains a close ally of the West and a
symbol of capitalism in Africa, and it occupies a position of
strategic importance to the Middle East and the Indian Ocean. Yet
all of these distinctions are now coming under question in the
fourth decade of independence.Kenya's exquisite natural beauty and
renowned wildlife refuges hide a more mundane reality. The country
is vast, rural, poor, and without oil or other mineral wealth. It
is dependent on smallholder agriculture and export earnings from
international tourism, tea, and coffee. Although the population is
only 28 million, less than 20 percent of Kenya's land area is
readily available for dense human settlement. Population growth has
slowed, but demographic pressures still pose very serious
socioeconomic, ecological, and environmental challenges.In this
second edition of a critically acclaimed profile, Miller and Yeager
address these and other social issues while tracing political and
economic developments from early precolonial times to the
contemporary period and the recent fourth-term reelection of
President Daniel arap Moi. The book captures the aggressive,
self-confident spirit that characterizes Kenya and provides unique
insights into how this nation of contemporary Africa is faring in
its continuing quest for prosperity.
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