Africa
May 2000
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May Article Abstracts
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Title: Pipeline Politics in Chad
Author: Peter Rosenblum
"Chad has come to the center of international attention as the World Bank, international oil companies, and NGOs struggle over the development of the country's oil reserves. . . . The results will affect not only Chad's future but also the future of other countries dealing with issues of accountability and development in the face of multinational corporations and world financial institutions."
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Title: America and Africa: Beyond the Double Standard
Author: William Minter
In the post—cold war world the stated general goals of United States foreign policy—development, democracy, and security—are congruent with those of African peoples. When deciding how best to achieve these widely endorsed goals, however, a chasm emerges between perspectives crafted purely in the American foreign policy arena and those rooted in African realities."
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Title: Nigeria: The Politics of Marginalization
Author: Minabere Ibelema
"Jostling for power by Nigeria's myriad ethnic groups has, for better and for worse, driven the country's political development since before independence from Britain in 1960. What is new is a rhetoric of the impossible: the marginalization of everyone."
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Title: Making the Connection: Africa and the Internet
Author: Mike Jensen
"The development of the Internet is at a critical point in Africa. Web-based services could help accelerate the continent's economic growth and aid poverty alleviation, but these tools place large demands on an underlying infrastructure that is currently incapable of servicing them."
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Title: Reporting Africa
Author: Stephen Ellis
"How—and by whom—is certain information identified as news, especially with regard to Africa? And what role does the African press play indetermining what foreign journalists regard as news-and in providing information for the African public?"
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Title: Lingering Legacy: Apartheid and the South African Press
Author: Lyn Graybill
"All the [South African] media-with the exception of the alternative press-violated the public's basic right to information on what had been done on their behalf in the name of apartheid. . . . By keeping the public in the dark, they contributed to a climate in which human rights abuses against blacks could and did prevail."
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Title: Book Reviews: On African Environmental History. By James C. McCann
Reviewer: Amy L. Dalton
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Title: The Month in Review: March 2000
An international chronology of events in March, country by country, day by day.
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Title: Africa
A map of Africa.
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