{"product_id":"the-african-inheritance-ieuan-ll-griffiths-9780415010917","title":"The African Inheritance","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfrica is a continent gripped by civil wars and widespread famine. The causes of many of the continent's problems are deep rooted and can be traced to Africa's colonial past, when European powers divided the spoils of the continent into separate sovereign states.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe African Inheritance\u003c\/em\u003e examines the effect this \"balkanization\" of Africa has had, and is having, on the political and economic well-being of the continent.\u003cbr\u003e From a brief history of pre-colonial Africa and its subsequent European partition and inevitable decolonization, the book discusses the consequences of such an inheritance: small and weak states, destructive secessionist movements, irredentism and African imperialism. Attempts to tackle these problems and assert independent development are inhibited by the colonial inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ieuan LL Griffiths\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0415010918\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780415010917\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Routledge\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/10\/1995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.06lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.48h x 6.32w x 0.73d","brand":"Ieuan LL Griffiths","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48136037826815,"sku":"9780415010917","price":57.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b9a7b683-154f-41e6-8b69-dd9dd8573d71.jpg?v=1770160095","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-african-inheritance-ieuan-ll-griffiths-9780415010917","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}