AFRICA

Africa's Problems and Prospects

Since gaining independence in the 1950s and 1960s, most African countries have struggled with a host of problems that have hindered economic development and the attainment of political stability and social harmony. What are the details of these problems? What are their historical roots? What solutions have been proposed? What changes are necessary for the solutions to be effective?

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Worst yet to come for Africa's AIDS orphans, report warns as UNICEF urges help for families supporting growing numbers; With 11 million children already orphaned, Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland face biggest increases, says agency.
M2 Presswire, Nov 27, 2003 pNA (1129 words)
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Africa's AIDS fight aims high; A new 'executive wing' at an AIDS clinic in Uganda is geared toward VIPs, who are often reluctant to seek help. (WORLD).
The Christian Science Monitor, Nov 18, 2003 p07 (919 words)
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AIDS in Africa: more than 29 million people in Africa are infected with a deadly virus. World Victor Landauro.
Junior Scholastic, Nov 10, 2003 v106 i7 p6(4) (1326 words)
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Despite increased attention, Africa's AIDS fight remains only half funded.
Health & Medicine Week, Oct 13, 2003 p10 (794 words)
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Slowly, the virus is being fought; AIDS in Africa.
The Economist (US), Sept 27, 2003 v368 i8343 p45US (591 words)
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Collaborative effort focuses on AIDS in Africa.
Health & Medicine Week, Sept 8, 2003 p652 (1118 words)
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Sister-to-sister: a new approach to AIDS in Africa. George M. Anderson.
America, August 4, 2003 v189 i3 p16 (1275 words)
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In Death's Shadow. (AIDS in Africa) Kevin Whitelaw, Don L. Boroughs, Raymond Thibodeaux, Susan Brink.
U.S. News & World Report, July 21, 2003 v135 i2 p17 (1377 words)
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Bush Promises U.S. Help in Africa's AIDS battle.
Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, July 11, 2003 pITEM03192008 (758 words)
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Public policies and the orphans of AIDS in Africa. (Education and Debate). Alok Bhargava, Betty Bigombe.
British Medical Journal, June 21, 2003 v326 i7403 p1387(3) (1999 words)
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AIDS in Africa: a story that must be told: reporters confront significant barriers, imposed by governments, editors and their own experiences, to accurately portray this health crisis. (Reporting on Health). Huntly Collins.
Nieman Reports, Spring 2003 v57 i1 p35(2) (1611 words)
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HIV/AIDS in Africa. (Correspondence).
The Lancet, Nov 30, 2002 v360 i9347 p1786 (1448 words)
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AIDS in Southern Africa. (AIDS). M. Crewe.
Postgraduate Medical Journal March 2002 v78 i917 p127(2)
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Stop denying the killer bug; South Africa and AIDS. (AIDS and the South African government's inaction)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US) Feb 23, 2002 pN/A
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Mass orphanhood in the era of HIV/AIDS: bold support for alleviation of poverty and education may avert a social disaster. (Editorial) Greg Powell, Neddy Rita Matshalaga.
British Medical Journal Jan 26, 2002 v324 i7331 p185(2)
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DEEP DENIAL. JON COHEN.
The Sciences Jan 2001 v41 i1 p20
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The league of extra-ordinary gentlemen: recently, an eminent, varied, large, and unlikely delegation of Americans, led by the Reverend Al Sharpton, went to Africa to heal a wounded continent. They took the whitest man in America with them. Tucker Carlson.
Esquire, Nov 2003 v140 i5 p144(11) (7624 words)
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Creating our own wealth. (Editorial)(Africa) Anver Versi.
African Business, Oct 2003 i291 p13(1) (850 words)
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Special Section: Trade & Development - Trade, Not Aid: What Africa needs. Thompson Ayodele.
National Review, Sept 15, 2003 v55 i17 pNA (868 words)
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Lion cubs on a wire; Economics focus. (Growth in Africa).
The Economist (US), August 16, 2003 v368 i8337 p68US (920 words)
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GM 'assistance' for Africa. (Comment). (Editorial) Amadou Kanoute.
The Nation, August 4, 2003 v277 i4 p7 (745 words)
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Open the gates for African trade. (African Development Bank report on African economics) )(Editorial) Anver Versi.
African Business, July 2003 p7(1) (840 words)
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Africa. (Cover Story).
Euromoney, July 2003 v34 i411 p94(2) (1459 words)
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AFRICA: PROBLEMS FACING THE AFRICAN CONTINENT.
IPR Strategic Business Information Database, June 12, 2003 pNA (854 words)
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Institutions matter, but not for everything: the role of geography and resource endowments in development shouldn't be underestimated. Jeffrey D. Sachs.
Finance & Development, June 2003 v40 i2 p38(4) (2665 words)
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The world's best and worst performing economies are likely to be in Africa this year, according to forecasts by the Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister organisation of 'The Economist.' (Brief Article)
The Economist (US) Jan 4, 2003 v366 i8305 pNA
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So, we are living in the era of freedom's triumph? What does America's new national security strategy, this paean to "freedom's triumph", mean for Africans? What is the African continent's place in "the Bush Doctrine"? Stella Orakwue.
New African Nov 2002 p54(2)
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Economic reform, democracy, and economic growth in Africa: an institutional approach. (Research Notes). (Brief Article) Sylvain H. Boko.
International Advances in Economic Research August 2002 v8 i3 p264(1)
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Road show: the rock star and the treasury secretary demonstrate the limits to aid. (Columns). (Brief Article) Mike Lynch.
Reason August 2002 v34 i4 p18(2)
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Paths to good governance: current efforts to globalise the continent focus on ratings and a sustainable development initiative that emphasises input from African leaders. (Africa: Globalisation). (Brief Article) Brian Caplen.
The Banker July 2002 v152 i917 p128(1)
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A Call for African Aid. (economist Jeffrey Sachs)(Brief Article)(Interview)
Newsweek International June 10, 2002 p70
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Words and deeds; Africa's rescue plan. (Africa's ambitious rescue plan)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US) April 20, 2002 pNA
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Bono: THE WORLD'S BIGGEST ROCK STAR IS ALSO AFRICA'S BIGGEST ADVOCATE. BUT BONO KNOWS HE HAS TO MAKE THE CASE FOR AID WITH HIS HEAD, NOT HIS HEART. (The Arts/Music) Josh Tyrangiel.
Time March 4, 2002 v159 i9 p62+
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The impact of HIV and AIDS on Africa's economic development. (Education and Debate). Simon Dixon, Scott McDonald, Jennifer Roberts.
British Medical Journal Jan 26, 2002 v324 i7331 p232(3)
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Africa Faces Challenges of Globalization. (Globalization and Africa). (economics)(Statistical Data Included) Mohamed Deouas.
Finance & Development Dec 2001 v38 i4 p4(2)
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What Africa Needs to Do to Benefit from Globalization. (Globalization and Africa). (economics)(Statistical Data Included) S. Ibi Ajayi.
Finance & Development Dec 2001 v38 i4 p6(3)
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The need for Stronger Domestic Policies and International Support. (Globalization and Africa). Evangelos A. Calamitsis.
Finance & Development Dec 2001 v38 i4 p10(4)
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A CONTINENT IN CRISIS. (Africa) SUNDAY DARE.
Dollars & Sense July 2001 p12
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Are we seeing elephants fly or what?: Congratulations, you gentlemen from the IMF and World Bank; I have read your newfound views on Africa with great joy. But now, do please put your money where your mouths are. (Opinion). (International Monetary Fund)(Column) Cameron Duodu.
New African May 2001 p30(2)
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DEMOCRACY AND ECONOMIC REFORMS: DEVELOPING UNDERDEVELOPED POLITICAL ECONOMIES. UFO OKEKE UZODIKE.
Journal of Asian and African Studies Nov 2000 v35 i4 p430
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The Real Agenda Of Debt Relief: Why writing off debts may be good for business. (World)(Brief Article)
Time July 24, 2000 v156 i4 p40
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A hollow victory. (The Iraq War and Africa). (Cover Story)
African Business May 2003 p15(1)
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A great friend of Africa is gone: June Milne (Nkrumah's research assistant, later publisher and literary executrix) on the life of Douglas Rogers, one of the Westerners who helped to shape crucial, turning points in Africa's history. (2002 in Review). June Milne.
New African Jan 2003 p40(2)
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Inching towards reform: Africa's banking and financial sector is being restructured as part of the overall reforms on the continent. Here, Jon Offei-Ansah, provides an overview of what is happening. (Banking in Africa). Jon Offei-Ansah.
New African Jan 2003 p50(2)
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Big Men, Big Corruption: The way it's done on the (not so) dark continent. ANTHONY DANIELS.
National Review, August 11, 2003 v55 i15 pNA (1577 words)
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Bush's Africa agenda. (Comment). (Editorial) Emira Woods, William D. Hartung.
The Nation, August 4, 2003 v277 i4 p6 (844 words)
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Faithful, but not fanatics; Islam in Africa. (African Muslims).
The Economist (US), June 28, 2003 v367 i8330 p50US (1748 words)
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Can the African Union deliver? (Topic). Tom Nevin.
African Business Sept 2002 p20(2) Bus.Coll.: 141P1853.
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A step in the right direction.
Global Agenda July 8, 2002 pNA
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The OAU in African conflicts. (Special Feature). (Organization of African Unity)
New African July-August 2002 p26(2)
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The Union is here at last. (Special Feature). (African Union)(Brief Article)
New African July-August 2002 p30(1)
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The many faces of Africa: democracy across a varied continent. (Democracy). (advertisement)(Statistical Data Included) Joel D. Barkan.
Harvard International Review Summer 2002 v24 i2 p72(6)
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Privatisation in Africa: Panacea or salvation? (Special Report). Neil Ford.
African Business May 2002 p16(4)
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Stronger than you think; Democracy in Africa. (Africa's slow path to democracy)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US) Jan 12, 2002 pNA
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Leopold Senghor; Leopold Sedhar Senghor, the conscience of Africa, died on December 20th, aged 95. (Brief Article)(Obituary)
The Economist (US) Jan 5, 2002 pNA
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Exit OAU, enter AU. (Organization of African Unity, African Union) Tom Nevin.
African Business Sept 2001 p10
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Bordering on War. (boundaries between African nations) I. William Zartman.
Foreign Policy May 2001 p66
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Race, Tribe, and Power in the Heart of Africa. Bill Berkeley.
World Policy Journal Spring 2001 v18 i1 p79
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A Decade of Democracy in Africa. STEPHEN N. NDEGWA.
Journal of Asian and African Studies Feb 2001 v36 i1 p1
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Gender, Development, and Democratization in Africa [1]. LISA AUBREY.
Journal of Asian and African Studies Feb 2001 v36 i1 p87
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Democracy's March Through Africa. (Brief Article) Adama Gaye.
Newsweek International Jan 22, 2001 p41
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GET OUT OF AFRICA. (African self-determination) Malcolm Tait.
The Ecologist Nov 2000 v30 i8 p25
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South Africa: from Apartheid to Democracy

The large majority of South Africa's population is black. Yet, until the mid-1990s, a small minority of whites of British and Dutch descent imposed apartheid, a system in which blacks were segregated and denied most of the rights enjoyed by the country's white citizens. But democracy and majority rule finally did come to South Africa. What was the nature of the apartheid system? What combination of factors brought about its demise? What issues has new South Africa struggled with over the last few years?

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South Africa's historic commission sets model for national healing. (Column). Robert F. Drinan.
National Catholic Reporter May 9, 2003 v39 i27 p14(1)
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Paying for the past; South Africa; Truth, reconciliation and lawsuits.
Global Agenda April 15, 2003 pNA
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The truth commission and post-apartheid literature in South Africa. Shane Graham.
Research in African Literatures Spring 2003 v34 i1 p11(20)
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The hands that unleashed thunder: Brutal honesty and an unswerving commitment to his ideals have driven Letlapa Mphahlele into areas most people would turn away from in horror--and onto an extraordinary journey of reconciliation. He talks to Anthony Duigan. (Profile) Anthony Duigan.
For A Change, August-Sept 2003 v16 i4 p12(2) (1569 words)
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Reconciliation and political legitimacy: the old Australia and the new South Africa. Paul Muldoon.
The Australian Journal of Politics and History, June 2003 v49 i2 p182(15) (9006 words)
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South Africa's new constitution.
Faces: People, Places, and Cultures Feb 2002 v18 i6 p13(1)
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Political outlook. (Chapter 1). (South Africa and the African National Congress)
South Africa (Quarterly Forecast Report) Wntr 2002 v2002 i1 p7(4)
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South Africa: Sleeping with the enemy. (Countryfile). (African National Congress and the New Nationalist Party negotiate partnership) Tom Nevin.
African Business Dec 2001 p39(2)
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The Bredell 'land grab'. (South Africa's land redistribution policies) Tom Nevin.
African Business Sept 2001 p44
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SOCIAL-MOVEMENT UNIONISM IN SOUTH AFRICA. RAVI NAIDOO.
Dollars & Sense Sept 2001 p24
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The Peace of Jerusalem : The descent into civil war predicted for South Africa did not happen. Only in the Middle East did things appear insoluble. Anthony Egan.
America March 19, 2001 v184 i9 p28
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Saying sorry is not enough. (South Africa, race, and politics) Tom Nevin.
African Business Feb 2001 p33
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Transition from Apartheid [1]. NIGEL GIBSON.
Journal of Asian and African Studies Feb 2001 v36 i1 p65
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Blurred Lines: Nonviolence in South Africa. Gay W. Seidman.
PS: Political Science & Politics June 2000 v33 i2 p161
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FREEDOM'S PROMISE. (South Africa) Charlayne Hunter-Gault.
Essence May 2000 v31 i1 p203
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MBEKI'S UPHILL CHALLENGE. (South Africa tries to change into peaceful society) Leonard Thompson.
Foreign Affairs Nov-Dec 1999 v78 i6 p83
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Stability in South Africa: Will it Hold? J. Daniel O'Flaherty, Constance J. Freeman.
The Washington Quarterly Autumn 1999 v22 i4 p151
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Truth and Reconciliation in South Africa: Attributions of Blame and the Struggle over Apartheid. JAMES L. GIBSON, AMANDA GOUWS.
American Political Science Review Sept 1999 v93 i3 p501
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'Ere their story die': truth, justice and reconciliation in South Africa. Brandon Hamber.
Race and Class July-Sept 2002 v44 i1 p61(19)
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Reparations in South Africa--visit to Khulumani. Cahal McLaughlin.
Race and Class July-Sept 2002 v44 i1 p81(6)
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If truth be told ... (truth commissions) Barbara Harlow.
Race and Class July-Sept 2002 v44 i1 p119(6)
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Pursuit of truth and reconciliation in South Africa. Lyn S. Graybill.
Africa Today, January-March 1998 v45 n1 p103(31)
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The truth, however unpalatable; Bloody Sunday. (Brief Article)
The Economist (US) Jan 26, 2002 pNA
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Re-Placing Pasts, Forgetting Presents: Narrative, Place, and Memory in the Time of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission(1). Heidi Grunebaum-Ralph.
Research in African Literatures Fall 2001 v32 i3 p198
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South Africa - Half truth. (South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission)(Brief Article)
The Economist (US) June 17, 2000 v355 i8175 p46
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Reconciliation or chaos? (South African politics) David Goodman.
Mother Jones, May 1999 v24 i3 p52(1)
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Truth and Consequences in South Africa. (documenting the horrors of apartheid) L. Gregory Jones.
Christianity Today, April 5, 1999 v43 i4 p59(1)
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Why killers should go free: lessons from South Africa. David Goodman.
The Washington Quarterly, Spring 1999 v22 i2 p169(1)
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The science of apartheid. (testimony for South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission) (Transcript) Schalk Janse van Rensburg, Jerome Chaskalson, Fazel Randera.
Harper's Magazine, September 1998 v297 n1780 p19(5)
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Confronting the Past and Creating the Future: The Redemptive Value of Truth Telling(*). (South Africa) MICHAEL LAPSLEY.
Social Research Winter 1998 v65 i4 p741(1)
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Can South Africans really face the past? THE TRUTH HURTS. (report from the Truth and Reconciliation Comittee on human rights abuses under apartheid). Ken Owen.
The New Republic Nov 23, 1998 p21(1)
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THE HEAVY WEIGHT OF TRUTH: Tutu's commission finds fault on all sides. (South Africa Truth and Reconciliation Commission issues report)(Brief Article) Kate Dunn.
Maclean's Nov 9, 1998 p32(1)
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The science of apartheid. (testimony for South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission)(Transcript) Schalk Janse van Rensburg, Jerome Chaskalson, Fazel Randera.
Harper's Magazine Sept 1998 v297 n1780 p19(5) Mag.Coll.: 95E0380.
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Desmond Tutu. (chair of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission) (Interview)(Cover Story) Zia Jaffrey.
The Progressive Feb 1998 v62 n2 p18(4)
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Burying South Africa's past: of memory and forgiveness. (accomplishments of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission)
The Economist (US) Nov 1, 1997 v344 n8041 p21(3)
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The ambiguities of amnesty: South Africa. (government amnesty for political crimes)
The Economist (US) Jan 11, 1997 v342 n7999 p40(2)
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Truth-telling in South Africa. (testimony on human-rights violations during apartheid)
The Christian Century May 8, 1996 v113 n16 p503(2) Mag.Coll.: 84C0032.
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Justice or reconciliation? (South Africa arrests leaders of apartheid-era massacres)
The Economist (US) Nov 4, 1995 v337 n7939 p46(2)
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Suggested Readings from InfoTrac College Edition

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A long road ahead. (KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa) R. Scott Macintosh.
TravelAge West, Sept 29, 2003 v38 i36 p1(3) (1360 words)
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The Negroland Revisited: Discovery and Invention of the Sudanese Middle Ages. (Book Review) David H. Groff.
Journal of World History, Sept 2003 v14 i3 p408(3) (970 words)
Hint: Enter the search term "Africa history" into Keywords.

Fetishizing religion: Allah Koura and French 'Islamic policy' in late colonial French Soudan (Mali) *. (African Actions and Colonial Policies) Gregory Mann.
The Journal of African History, July 2003 v44 i2 p263(20) (9724 words)
Hint: Enter the search term "Africa history" into Keywords.

The languages of loyalism in Southern Africa, c. 1870-1939 *. Andrew Thompson.
The English Historical Review, June 2003 v118 i477 p617(34) (17552 words)
Hint: Enter the search term "Africa history" into Keywords.

Who killed Samora Machel? (Cover Story: Mozambique/South Africa). Pusch Commey.
New African, April 2003 p16(5) (2521 words)
Hint: Enter the search term "Africa history" into Keywords.

The Chinese came before the Europeans. (Feature: Africa). Pusch Commey.
New African March 2003 p47(1)
Hint: Enter the search term "Africa" into the Subject Guide; then go to subdivision "History."

Neo-traditionalism and the limits of invention in British colonial Africa *. Thomas Spear.
The Journal of African History Jan 2003 v44 i1 p3(25)
Hint: Enter the search term "Africa" into the Subject Guide; then go to subdivision "History."

Ambiguous spaces: the struggle over African identities and urban communities in colonial Douala, 1914-45 *. Lynn Schler.
The Journal of African History Jan 2003 v44 i1 p51(22)
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Slavery time for some home truths. (Diaspora). Lester Lewis.
New African Jan 2003 p58(2)
Hint: Enter the search term "Africa" into the Subject Guide; then go to subdivision "History."

The clash of histories of civilisations. (Diaspora). Anthony Lowstedt.
New African June 2002 p45(1)
Hint: Enter the search term "Africa" into the Subject Guide; then go to subdivision "History."

State and Ethnicity in precolonial Northern Nigeria. Lamont Dehaven King.
Journal of Asian and African Studies Nov 2001 v36 i4 p339(22)
Hint: Enter the search term "Africa" into the Subject Guide; then go to subdivision "History."

African Rice in the Columbian Exchange (*). Judith A. Carney.
The Journal of African History Oct 2001 v42 i3 p377(20)
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THE SLAVE TRADE AND DECENTRALIZED SOCIETIES [*]. MARTIN A. KLEIN.
The Journal of African History Jan 2001 v42 i1 p49
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WOMEN IN AFRICAN LABOUR HISTORY. CAROLYNE DENNIS.
Journal of Asian and African Studies Nov 2000 v35 i4 p387
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THE PHENOMENON OF SHIFTING FRONTIERS: THE KENYA-SOMALIA CASE IN THE HORN OF AFRICA, 1880S-1970S. VINCENT B. THOMPSON.
Journal of Asian and African Studies Nov 2000 v35 i4 p425
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Patrons, Clients, and Empire: The Subordination of Indigenous Hierarchies in Asia and Africa. COLIN NEWBURY.
Journal of World History Fall 2000 v2 i2 p227
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'A FIERCE RACE'. Richard Reid.
History Today June 2000 v50 i6 p38
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SOUTHERN AFRICA IN THE COLD WAR. (post World War II southern Africa) J.E. Spence.
History Today Feb 1999 v49 i2 p43(1)
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The slave trade and development. (The Routes and Traces of Slaves) Claude Meillassoux.
Diogenes Fall 1997 n179 p23(7)
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Africa's understanding of the slave trade: oral accounts. (The Routes and Traces of Slaves) Djibril Tamsir Niane, Beatrice McGeoch.
Diogenes Fall 1997 n179 p75(16)
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Women, gender and colonialism: rethinking the history of the British Cape Colony and its frontier zones, c. 1806-70. Helen Bradford.
The Journal of African History Oct 1996 v37 n3 p351(20)
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The relative importance of slaves and commodities in the Atlantic trade of seventeenth-century Africa. (response to Ernst van den Boogaart, Journal of African History, vol. 33, p. 369, 1992) David Eltis.
The Journal of African History May 1994 v35 n2 p237(13)
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THE ROLE OF POLITICAL IMPRISONMENT IN DEVELOPING AND ENHANCING POLITICAL LEADERSHIP: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOUTH AFRICA'S AND TAIWAN'S DEMOCRATIZATION. FRAN BUNTMAN, TONG-YI HUANG.
Journal of Asian and African Studies Nov 2000 v35 i4 p458
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Race Relations After colonialism. (Zimbabwe and South Africa) B. J. Kowalski.
World Press Review June 2000 v47 i6 p17
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The road of the man called love and the 'Sack of Sero': the Herero-German war and the export of Herero labour to the South African rand. Jan-Bart Gewald.
The Journal of African History, January 1999 v40 i1 p21(2)
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All of a Sudan: salaam aleikum. This means "peace be with you" in Arabic, my native language. That's how we greet each other here in Sudan and it means a lot to me because we need world peace. (Global Village Sudan) Fatimah Abdallahi Hommaida.
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Fighting a Peace Plan. (Christian aid groups in Sudan oppose plan for peace) E. Benjamin Skinner.
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The beginning of the end? Although a number of peace deals have been brokered and then broken over the past decade, the latest talks on Sudan, held in Nairobi over the past 18 months, are being hailed as a real breakthrough for reconciliation and economic prosperity. (Sudan). Neil Ford.
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Sudan unity in diversity. (Feature). Jacob Akol.
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Shattered Sudan: drilling for oil, hoping for peace. Paul Salopek.
National Geographic, Feb 2003 v203 i2 p31(30) (6820 words)
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Meroe and the Sudanic kingdoms. David N. Edwards.
The Journal of African History, July 1998 v39 n2 p175(19)
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Genocide's shadow; Rwanda. (The darker side of Rwanda's election)
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Deciding to testify about Rwanda: 'as a journalist, I might argue against testifying but, as a human being, I could not.' (Words & Reflections). Lindsey Hilsum.
Nieman Reports, Spring 2003 v57 i1 p78(2) (1097 words)
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The Rejected Testimony (Part 2). (Dossier). Uwe Freisecke.
New African, Dec 2002 p29(4) (2681 words)
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Rwanda Dispatch: Ghost Story. (use of gacaca to judge participants of the genocide in Rwanda in 1994) Lara Santoro.
The New Republic, Nov 11, 2002 p11 (1467 words)
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Rwanda's Tangled Web. (Brief Article)
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RWANDA IN RETROSPECT. (1994 genocide was fast and efforts to stop it may not have worked) Alan J. Kuperman.
Foreign Affairs Jan-Feb 2000 v79 i1 p94
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Ethnicity and the politics of history in Rwanda. Catherine Newbury.
Africa Today, January-March 1998 v45 n1 p7(18)
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Bye-bye Bob; Zimbabwe and the Commonwealth. The Commonwealth's policy towards Zimbabwe's Robert Mugabe
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How to kill a country: turning a breadbasket into a basket case in ten easy steps--the Robert Mugabe way. Samantha Power.
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Marondera Diarist: Bad Trip. (school camping trip in Zimbabwe) Cathy Buckle.
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The 'final push' that never was. (Around Africa: Zimbabwe). (MDC protests against Robert Mugabe fail to deliver) Chipo Shoko.
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Let's turn off Mugabe's lights: the best way to bring Zimbabwe's regime to its knees is for South Africa to cut its electricity supply. (Features). (related article: Male rape, the latest weapon for Robert Mugabe's men) Peter Tatchell.
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Regime change - is Zimbabwe next? Since when did Britain and America care for the human rights of Zimbabweans? When the land issue exploded in 2000? Or when Ian Smith ruled a semi-apartheid Rhodesia? (Lest we Forget). Antonio de Figueiredo.
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Zimbabwe: the ugly reflection in the mirror. (Feature). Alexander Kanengoni.
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Robert Mugabe: Sinner or sinned against? (Cover Story: The Case For). (Cover Story) George Shire.
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Robert Mugabe: Africa's self-serving survivor: Tom Nevin, formally a Zimbabwean and now living the South Africa, makes the case against. (Cover Story: The Case Against). Tom Nevin.
African Business April 2003 p16(2)
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The Second Zion - The Wonder of Ethiopia's Lalibela. (churches) William S. Connery.
World and I August 2001 v16 i8 p184
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Cognitive archaeology and imaginary history at Great Zimbabwe. (includes comments and reply) David Beach, M.F.C. Bourdillon, James Denbow, Gerhard Liesegang, Johannes H.N. Loubser, Innocent Pikirayi, David Schoenbrun, Robert Soper, Ann B. Stahl.
Current Anthropology Feb 1998 v39 n1 p47(26)
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The secrets of Zimbabwe. (excavation of Great Zimbabwe) Brian Fagan.
UNESCO Courier May 1984 p8(3) Mag.Coll.: 18K0754.
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Suitable for these Wadsworth/West textbooks:

Greer/Lewis, A Brief History of the Western World, eighth edition, chapters 7, 13, 14

Hollister et al, The West Transformed: A History of Western Civilization, first edition, chapters 14, 19, 27, 31

Cannistraro/Reich, The Western Perspective: A History of European Civilization, first edition: Part V, chapter 6; Part VI, chapter 9; Part VII, chapter 18; Part VIII, chapter 10

Upshur et al, World History, fourrth edition, chapters 1, 7, 13, 16, 17

Duiker/Spielvogel, World History, fourth edition, chapters 8, 15, 23, 28

Duiker/Spielvogel, The Essential World History, first edition, chapters 8, 16, 25, 30

Duiker, Twentieth-Century World History, second edition, chapter 14

Adler, World Civilizations, third edition, chapters 20, 33, 52, 54

Spielvogel, Western Civilization, fifth edition, chapters 14, 24, 28

Spielvogel, Western Civilization : A Brief History, second edition, chapters 14, 24, 28

Hause/Maltby, Western Civilization, chapters 16, 28, 32

Hause/Maltby, Essentials of Western Civilization, chapters 15, 27, 31