Book Description:
A continent of vast diversity, stretching from the deserts of the north through the equatorial tropics into the more temperate south, Africa brims with challenges and issues. This book collects a series of papers examining a number of these topics and how they impact African nations, the United States and the global community. The analyses also present possible solutions to some of the continent's most vexing problems as many of its nations chart a course of political and economic development.

Table of Contents:
Preface; Africa in the 21st Century? (World Bank); Will there be New Emerging Markets in Africa by the Year 2020? (Jean-Claude Berthélemy, University of Paris, France and Ludvig Söderling, Economist, International Monetary Fund); North Africa and the Middle East (Stuart Nagel); Win-Win Global Policy Studies (Stuart Nagel); Introduction to Re-Imagining Africa: New Critical Perspectives (S. Kossew, University of New South Wales and D. Schwerdt, University of Adelaide); A CGE Model with Endogenous Soil Fertility: Maize Trade Liberalization vs. Fertilizer Subsidies in Tanzania (Sverre Grepperud, Bodø Graduate School of Business and Henrik Wiig, University of Oslo, Norway); Irredentism, Political Intrigues and Personality Clashes: A Century of the Ilorin-West Merger Controversy in Nigeria (R. T. Akinyele); Nigeria: Current Issues (Martin P. Mathews); Language and Politics in East African Swahili Prose: Interextuality in Kezilahabi’s Dunia Uwanja Wa Fujo “The World, A Playground of Chaos” (Samuel Gyasi Obeng and Beverly Hartford, Indiana University); Pastoralists, Farmers and the State in Northern Ghana (Steve Tonah, University of Bielefeld, Germany); Regional Integration in West Africa (Ben K. Fred-Mensah); Sub-Saharan Africa (Stuart Nagel); Index.