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Author:

Maathai, Wangari.

Title:

The challenge for Africa / Wangari Maathai.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

Pantheon Books,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

319 p. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Political leadership--Africa.
Africa--Economic conditions--1960-
Africa--Social conditions--1960-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-304) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: on the wrong bus -- The farmer of Yaoundé -- A legacy of woes -- Pillars of good governance: the three-legged stool -- Aid and the dependency syndrome -- Deficits: indebtedness and unfair trade -- Leadership -- Moving the social machine -- Culture: the missing link? -- The crisis of national identity -- Embracing the micro-nations -- Land ownership: whose land is it, anyway? -- Environment and development -- Saving the Congo forests -- The African family.

ISBN:

0307377407
9780307377401

OCLC:

(OCoLC)236339678

LCCN:

2008043017

Locations:

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)