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

Chapter 1. Disenfranchisement of Zimbabwean Women in Public Policy and National Machinery Undermines Human Rights, Social Development, Peace and Social Justice; pp. 1-29
(Saliwe M. Kawewe, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA)

Chapter 2. Post Independence Zimbabwe's National Socioeconomic Nightmare: Structural Adjustment Policy Undermined Social Justice for Women and Children; pp. 31-54
(Saliwe M. Kawewe, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, USA)

Chapter 3. Democracy in Africa: Challenges and Solutions; pp. 55-68 (Mohamed A. El-Khawas and J.A. Ndumbe)

Chapter 4. Egypt's Democracy: Will the Transformation Ever be Complete?; pp. 69-83
(Mohamed A. El-Khawas and J.A. Ndumbe)

Chapter 5. Democracy in Algeria: A Failed Experiment; pp. 85-99 (Mohamed A. El-Khawas and J.A. Ndumbe)

Chapter 6. Democratization in Angola: Infertile Soil; pp. 101-119 (Mohamed A. El-Khawas and J.A. Ndumbe)

Chapter 7. Nigeria in Political Transition; pp. 121-135
(Ted Dagne)

Chapter 8. West African Oil, US Energy Policy and Africa's Development Strategies; pp. 137-145
(Mohamed A. El-Khawas and J.A. Ndumbe)

Chapter 9. The Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline: Hope for Poverty Reduction?; pp. 147-156
(Mohamed A. El-Khawas and J.A. Ndumbe)

Index