TargetAfrica:IdeologicalNeocolonialismofthe21stCentury
ByObianujuEkeochaIgnatiusPress
Sincetheendofcolonization,Africahasstruggledwithsocioeconomicandpoliticalproblems.ThishasattractedwealthydonorsfromWesternnations,organizationsandprivatefoundations.Whilesomehavegoodintentions,thereareotherWestern鈥減rogressive鈥漝onorswhosegiftstoAfricaareoftenattachedtotheirideologyofsexualliberation.Thesearetheideologicalneocolonialmastersofthe21stcenturywhoaggressivelypushintoAfricatheirviewsoncontraception,populationcontrol,sexualizationofchildrenandabortion.Theauthor,anativeofAfrica,showshowtheWesterndonorsputmanyAfricannationsinthevulnerablepositionofreceivingfundingtiedfirmlytoideologicalsolutionsthatareopposedtotheculturalviewsandvaluesofAfricanpeople.Thisbookrevealsaproblematicfacetofneocolonialismthatisrarelyseenortalkedabout.
WeAretheBlessingsofAfrica,ReshapingOurGreatnessTogether
ByQueenBlessingItuaGlobalWin,LLC
ThebookisareawakeningcalloneveryAfrican,homeandabroad,touniteinturningtheirdiversityintoapowerfulsolutionforAfricanissues.ItadvocatesfortheempowermentofeveryAfrican,especiallythewomen,theyouths,andtheimpoverishedruralpeople.Womenmustbefullyengagedtoeradicatepoverty,genderinequalityandvictimizationofthevulnerablepeopleinneed.Thebookmakesaclarioncallforwomentoleadthesustainableenrichmentofthefamily,community,city,countryandcontinentforgreatness,sothatAfricacancompeteinanevolvedworld.
RobertMugabe
BySueOnslowandMartinPlautOhioUniversityPress
Zimbabwe鈥檚formerPresidentRobertMugabeisanAfricanleaderwhosharplydividesopinion.Asmanandleader,hehascometoembodythecontradictionsofhiscountry鈥檚historyandpoliticalculture;asasymbolofAfricanliberation,heremainsrespectedandreveredbymanyontheAfricancontinent;butthisheroicstatuscontrastssharplywithhisimageinWesternmedia.Inthisbiography,intendedforageneralaudience,theauthorsexplainMugabe鈥檚formativeexperiencesasachildandyoungman,hisroleasanadmiredAfro-nationalistleaderinthestruggleagainstcolonialrule,andhisevolutionintoapoliticalfigure.