Capsule Review October 1, 1993 The African Laborer by G. St. J. BrowneReviewed by William L. LangerAbout the Author: My FA Anthologies Read more by William L. Langer In This Review The African Laborer By G. St. J. Browne Oxford University Press, 1933 290 pp. $17.00 Purchase Facebook Twitter Email My FA Saved Articles Print A comprehensive study of the labor problem in Africa as a whole. Stay informed. Get the latest book reviews delivered right to your inbox. More Reviews on Africa From This Issue Politics & Society November/December 2018 Capsule Review Paywall-Free African Actors in International Security: Shaping Contemporary Norms This collection of essays argues that most commentators underestimate the extent to which Africans help shape contemporary norms about international peace and security. Nicolas van de Walle Health November/December 2018 Capsule Review Paywall-Free Epidemic: Ebola and the Global Scramble to Prevent the Next Killer Outbreak The 2013 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed at least 11,000 people, mostly in Guinea, Liberia, and Sierra Leone. As this excellent book shows, the international... Nicolas van de Walle Natural Resources November/December 2018 Capsule Review Paywall-Free The Politics of Deforestation in Africa: Madagascar, Tanzania, and Uganda The value of Horning’s book comes from its linking of the local, national, and international levels of policy, showing that the three must be properly integrated for... Nicolas van de Walle Politics & Society November/December 2018 Capsule Review Paywall-Free Blood Papa: Rwanda’s New Generation This is Hatzfeld’s fourth book on the Rwandan genocide. In this book, Hatzfeld focuses on young Rwandans who were born either right before or right after the genocide. Nicolas van de Walle Foreign Aid November/December 2018 Capsule Review Paywall-Free Food Aid in Sudan: A History of Power, Politics, and Profit Jaspars documents how ideas about food aid have changed over the decades but shows that successive reforms have failed to address key problems in Sudan. Nicolas van de Walle Peacekeeping September/October 2018 Capsule Review Paywall-Free Peacekeeping in Africa: Politics, Security, and the Failure of Foreign Military Assistance As Western countries have come to rely on African militaries to carry out peacekeeping operations, a complex web of training facilities for peacekeepers and programs... Nicolas van de Walle Africa September/October 2018 Capsule Review Paywall-Free Money for Votes: The Causes and Consequences of Electoral Clientelism in Africa Kramon’s study of electoral patronage in Kenya represents a valuable addition to the burgeoning literature on political competition in Africa. Nicolas van de Walle Africa September/October 2018 Capsule Review Paywall-Free Robert Mugabe This excellent short biography of former Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe covers his life from Zimbabwe’s independence, in 1980, to his ouster last year in a... Nicolas van de Walle Africa September/October 2018 Capsule Review Paywall-Free Africa’s Lost Leader: South Africa’s Continental Role Since Apartheid In 1994, with the end of apartheid and the introduction of majority rule, most observers believed that South Africa was destined to become a regional hegemon, given... Nicolas van de Walle Post-Conflict Reconstruction September/October 2018 Capsule Review Paywall-Free Rwanda: From Genocide to Precarious Peace Despite a steady supply of books about the Rwandan genocide of 1994, there exist remarkably few serious studies of the regime that emerged from the devastation, led by... Nicolas van de Walle Browse All Capsule Reviews
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