Continent of mothers, continent of hope : understanding and promoting development in Africa today

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Continent of mothers, continent of hope : understanding and promoting development in Africa today

Torild Skard

Zed Books , Distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave, 2003

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  • : pbk

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Mødrenes kontinent

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Translation of: Mødrenes kontinent

Includes bibliographical references (p. [242]-250) and index

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: hbk ISBN 9781842771068

内容説明

What is Africa really like today? For all the ordinary townsmen, villagers, and particularly mothers, breadwinners and children who live there? Cutting through the Western media's stereotype picture of a continent wracked only by civil conflict and AIDS, Torild Skard has written an engrossing introduction to a continent in change. Based on her extensive travels through the length and breadth of the region when she served as UNICEF's Director in West and Central Africa in the 1990s, this experienced writer combines eyewitness accounts, lively description and deeply informed insight to portray the human reality of Africa today. With honesty, cultural sensitivity and a commitment especially to women, she frankly describes the social, health and other problems experienced by its people, but also the sources of hope for the future represented by courageous individuals, innovative community-level projects and sensible programmes being implemented in the region by the international agency whose work she coordinated. This highly readable account ranges over the social, economic and political realities of modern-day Africa, as well as introducing the reader to its history and complex cultures. It is ideal for the general reader, Sixth Form students and particularly aid workers, agency staff and volunteers who are about to travel or work in the Continent.

目次

Glossary Abbreviations 1. Bereavement - What do we mean by bereavement? 2. Out in the unknown with UNICEF PART I: WORKING WITH WOMEN AND CHILDREN 3. Betrayed, bereaved and brutalised: The merciless realities of war 4. Concealed calamity: Stopping the ravages of the HIV/AIDS pandemic 5. An exploding agenda: Chasing childhood killer diseases 6. Mysterious modern medicine men: Towards the goal of health for all 7. Motherhood and martyrdom: Breaking centuries of silence and neglect 8. Searching for the excluded from school: Experiments with new forms of education, particularly for girls 9. The lost children: Ruthless exploitation of the weakest 10. Dangerous food and drink: Progress with simple means PART II: A JOURNEY IN HISTORY AND SOCIETY 11. From emperors of the desert to the white man's yoke: Centuries of history with greatness and humiliation 12. Poor amid the riches: Hard work with a meagre outcome 13. Democracy in khaki: Western models and African realities 14. Queen mothers and market women: Modernization with regard to discrimination against women 15. Where the masks speak: Undervalued traditional culture 16. Between village and metropolis: Mixture of traditional and modern PART III: CONCLUSION 17. Our beloved Africa: Is a renaissance possible? 18. Hidden hope: The world's least touched resources Appendix Select bibliography Index Glossary Abbreviations
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: pbk ISBN 9781842771075

内容説明

What is Africa really like for the ordinary people who live in there? Aiming to cut through stereotypes of a continent wracked by civil conflict and AIDs, this is an introduction to a continent in change. Based on her travels through the region during her time as UNICEF's Director in West and Central Africa, the author describes the social, health and other problems experienced by its people, and the hopes for the future represented by courageous individuals, innovative comunity projects and sensible development programmes.

目次

  • 1. "Bereavement - What do we mean by bereavement?"
  • 2. Out in the unknown with UNICEF
  • "Children first!" - I spoke French
  • Part I: Working With Women and Children
  • 3. Betrayed, bereaved and brutalised
  • The merciless realities of war
  • 4. Concealed calamity
  • How stop the ravages of the HIV/AIDS pandemic? 5. An exploding agenda
  • Chasing childhood killer diseases
  • 6. Mysterious modern medicine men
  • Towards the goal of health for all
  • 7. Motherhood and martyrdom
  • Breaking centuries of silence and neglect
  • 8. Searching for the excluded from school
  • Experiments with new forms of education particularly for girls
  • 9. The lost children
  • Ruthless exploitation of the weakest
  • 10. Dangerous food and drink
  • Progress with simple means
  • Part II: A Journey In History and Society
  • 11. From the emperors of the desert to the white man's yoke Centuries of history with greatness and humiliation
  • 12. Poor amid the riches
  • Hard work with a meagre outcome
  • 13. Democracy in khaki
  • Western models and African realities
  • 14. Queen mothers and market women
  • Modernization with discrimination of women
  • Queens and female chiefs - African womanpower - Dual-sex politics - Enterprising market women - Male dominance - A Mother President
  • 15. Where the masks speak
  • Undervalued traditional culture
  • 16. Between village and metropolis
  • Mixture of traditional and modern
  • Part III: Conclusion
  • 17. Our beloved Africa
  • Is a renaissance possible? 18. Hidden hope
  • The world's least touched resources

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