It is a story of history's relevance to the present and the future, which follows Cash's superb analogy that searching out the mind of a people is like visiting one of those churches one sees in England: the facade and towers, the windows and clerestory, the exterior and super- structure may be later Gothic of one sort or another, but look into its nave, its aisles, and its choir and you find t…
In essence a manual for reconstructing the demographic past of Central Africa, this is the first concerted attempt to recover the pre-1960 demography of an African region on the basis of colonial statistics. The authors begin by exploring the unexpected strengths, as well as the shortcomings, of extant records. They proceed to discuss how various social science disciplines can contribute to our…
This book asks how the political leaders of Africa, as well as interest groups can promote economic growth in their countries. Drawing on studies of countries outside Africa, Jeffrey Herbst and Greg Mills identify the factors separating the performers form the laggards worldwide. Aside from the need to create an enabling environment for business through good governance, provision of infrastruct…