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The curse of Berlin : Africa after the Cold War / Adekeye Adebajo.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Adebajo, Adekeye, 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Politicians.
- Africa--Foreign relations--1960-.
- Africa.
- International relations.
- Africa--Politics and government--1960-.
- Politics and government.
- Berlin West Africa Conference (1884-1885 : Berlin, Germany)--Influence.
- Berlin West Africa Conference.
- Politicians--Africa.
- National security--Africa.
- National security.
- Hegemony.
- African Union.
- World politics--1989-.
- World politics.
- International relations--History--20th century.
- History.
- International relations--History--21st century.
- Physical Description:
- xxxiii, 414 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]
- Contents:
- Preface: Black Berlin and the curse of fragmentation : from Bismarck to Barack / Ali M. Mazrui
- Introduction: Bismarck's sorcery and Africa's three magic kingdoms
- pt. 1. The quest for security
- Prophets of pax Africana : Africa's security architecture
- From global apartheid to global village : Africa and the United Nations
- The pharaoh and the prophet : Boutros Boutros-Ghali and Kofi Annan
- pt. 2. The quest for hegemony
- Messiah or mercantilist? : South Africa in Africa
- Gulliver's troubles : Nigeria in Africa
- An axis of virtue? : South Africa and Nigeria in Africa
- An axis of evil? : China, the United States, and France in Africa
- The springbok and the dragon : South Africa vs. China in Africa
- pt. 3. The quest for unity
- Mandela and Rhodes : a monstrous marriage
- Thabo Mbeki : a Nkrumahist renaissance?
- Towers of Babel? : the African Union and the European Union
- Obamamania : Africa, African Americans, and the avuncular Sam
- The heirs of Gandhi : how Africa and Asia changed the world.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780231702003
- 0231702000
- OCLC:
- 606001295
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