Africa and the war on drugs / Neil Carrier and Gernot Klantschnig.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Carrier, Neil C. M., author.

Klantschnig, Gernot, 1977- author.

Series:

African arguments.

African arguments

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug traffic--Africa.

Drug traffic.

Drug control--Africa.

Drug control.

Drug abuse--Africa.

Drug abuse.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (135 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021

Place of Publication:

London, England : Zed Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Nigerian drug lords in UK prisons, khat-chewing Somali pirates hijacking Western ships, crystal meth-smoking gangs controlling South Africa's streets, and narco-traffickers corrupting the state in Guinea-Bissau: these are some of the vivid images surrounding drugs in Africa which have alarmed policymakers, academics and the general public in recent years. In this revealing and original book, the authors weave these aspects into a provocative argument about Africa's role in the global trade and control of drugs. In doing so, they show how foreign-inspired policies have failed to help African drug users but have strengthened the role of corrupt and brutal law enforcement officers, who are tasked with halting the export of heroin and cocaine to European and American consumer markets. A vital book on an overlooked front of the so-called war on drugs.

Contents:

Africa's drug habit

Drugs and development : a new threat or opportunity?

Drug barons, traffickers and mules : Africa as entrepôt

African states and drugs : complexity, neglect and repression.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 159-169) and index.

ISBN:

9781350218109

1350218103

9781848139695

1848139691

9781283640992

1283640996

9781848139688

1848139683

OCLC:

813928954