The skull beneath the skin : Africa after the Cold War / Mark Huband.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Huband, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Politics and government.

Africa--Colonial influence.

Colonial influence.

Africa--Relations.

Relations.

Physical Description:

xi, 376 pages, 14 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 2001.

Contents:

Part 1 Empty Promises 1

1 Sell the Silver, Steal the Gold: Mobutu and Zaire 3

2 The Skull Beneath the Skin: Angola and the Cold War 31

3 Great Game, Dirty Game: The United States and Liberia 57

Part 2 The Time of the Soldier 79

4 Whispers and Screams: Tribes and Armies in Burundi 81

5 A City on the Lake: The Creation of Hutu and Tutsi 97

6 Juggling the Juntas: Zaire, Nigeria, and Military Rule 115

7 The Deadly Harvest: Liberia At War 137

Part 3 Blood of the Ancestors 159

8 Myths, Chiefs, and Churches: Rwanda 161

9 Genocide 184

10 The Spit of the Toad: Zaire, Kenya, and the Abuse of Tradition 217

Part 4 New World, Old Order 249

11 "Rogue" States and Radicals: The United States and Sudan 253

12 The Mogadishu Line: The United Nations and Somalia 277

13 France, Africa, and a Place Called Fashoda 307

Epilogue: The Center Cannot Hold 327.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-359) and index.

ISBN:

0813335981

OCLC:

47625391