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Continent of Mothers, Continent of Hope: Understanding and Promoting Development in Africa Today

Autor Torild Skard
en Hardback – 31 mar 2003
What is Africa really like for the ordinary people who live in there? Aiming to cut through stereotypes of a continent wracked by civil conflict and AIDs, this is an introduction to a continent in change. The author describes problems experienced by its people, and hopes for the future.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781842771068
ISBN-10: 184277106X
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 138 x 216 x 21 mm
Editura: ZED BOOKS
Colecția Zed Books

Cuprins

Glossary
Abbreviations
1. Bereavement - What do we mean by bereavement?
2. Out in the unknown with UNICEF

PART I: WORKING WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN
3. Betrayed, bereaved and brutalised: The merciless realities of war
4. Concealed calamity: Stopping the ravages of the HIV/AIDS pandemic
5. An exploding agenda: Chasing childhood killer diseases
6. Mysterious modern medicine men: Towards the goal of health for all
7. Motherhood and martyrdom: Breaking centuries of silence and neglect
8. Searching for the excluded from school: Experiments with new forms of education, particularly for girls
9. The lost children: Ruthless exploitation of the weakest
10. Dangerous food and drink: Progress with simple means

PART II: A JOURNEY IN HISTORY AND SOCIETY
11. From emperors of the desert to the white man's yoke: Centuries of history with greatness and humiliation
12. Poor amid the riches: Hard work with a meagre outcome
13. Democracy in khaki: Western models and African realities
14. Queen mothers and market women: Modernization with regard to discrimination against women
15. Where the masks speak: Undervalued traditional culture
16. Between village and metropolis: Mixture of traditional and modern

PART III: CONCLUSION
17. Our beloved Africa: Is a renaissance possible?
18. Hidden hope: The world's least touched resources

Appendix
Select bibliography
Index
Glossary
Abbreviations