Roaming Africa
Roaming Africa

Author: Mirjam van Reisen

Publisher: African Books Collective

Published: 2019-10-24

Total Pages: 630

ISBN-13: 9956551732

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What happens when digital innovation meets migration? Roaming Africa considers how we understand modern-day mobility in Africa, where age-old routes strengthen the resilience of people roaming the continent for livelihoods and security, assisted by mobile communication. Digital mobility expands connectivity around the world, and also in Africa. In this book, the authors show that mobility, resilience and social protection in the digital age are closely related. Each chapter takes a close look at the migration dynamics in a specific context, using social theory as a lens. This book adopts a critical perspective on approaches in which migration is regarded merely as a hazard. Edited by distinguished scholars from Africa and Europe, this volume, the second in a four-part series Connected and Mobile: Migration and Human Trafficking in Africa, compiles chapters from a diverse group of young and upcoming scholars, making an important contribution to the literature on migration studies, digital science, social protection and governance.

Roaming In The Wilds Of South Africa
Roaming In The Wilds Of South Africa

Author: Nicky Huys

Publisher: Nicky Huys Books

Published: 2024-05-11

Total Pages: 97

ISBN-13:

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"Roaming in the Wilds of South Africa" takes readers on an unforgettable journey through the untamed beauty of South Africa's wilderness. Join the author as they share captivating tales of their safari adventures, encountering majestic lions, graceful giraffes, and powerful elephants. Through vivid descriptions and stunning photography, this book offers a glimpse into the awe-inspiring landscapes and diverse wildlife of South Africa. Whether you're an armchair traveler or an avid nature enthusiast, this immersive exploration of the African savanna will leave you longing for your own adventure in the wilds of South Africa.

Africa’s Development Dynamics 2021 Digital Transformation for Quality Jobs
Africa’s Development Dynamics 2021 Digital Transformation for Quality Jobs

Author: African Union Commission

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2021-01-19

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 926460653X

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Africa’s Development Dynamics uses lessons learned in the continent’s five regions – Central, East, North, Southern and West Africa – to develop policy recommendations and share good practices. Drawing on the most recent statistics, this analysis of development dynamics attempts to help African leaders reach the targets of the African Union’s Agenda 2063 at all levels: continental, regional, national and local.

Infrastructure in Africa
Infrastructure in Africa

Author: Ncube, Mthuli

Publisher: Policy Press

Published: 2017-03-31

Total Pages: 720

ISBN-13: 1447326644

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This book presents a comprehensive exploration of the state of infrastructure in Africa and provides an integrated analysis of the challenges the sector faces, based on extensive fieldwork across the continent, providing an important resource for researchers, students, policymakers and NGOs.

Victorian Travel Writing and Imperial Violence
Victorian Travel Writing and Imperial Violence

Author: Laura E. Franey

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2003-10-14

Total Pages: 229

ISBN-13: 0230510035

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This study explores the cultural and political impact of Victorian travelers' descriptions of physical and verbal violence in Africa. Travel narratives provide a rich entry into the shifting meanings of colonialism, as formal imperialism replaced informal control in the Nineteenth century. Offering a wide-ranging approach to travel literature's significance in Victorian life, this book features analysis of physical and verbal violence in major exploration narratives as well as lesser-known volumes and newspaper accounts of expeditions. It also presents new perspectives on Olive Schreiner and Joseph Conrad by linking violence in their fictional travelogues with the rhetoric of humanitarian trusteeship.

Time Travel
Time Travel

Author: Sourabh De

Publisher: Notion Press

Published: 2021-12-02

Total Pages: 326

ISBN-13: 1685389082

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33000 years back, humans turned one of their bitter enemies into a loyal friend. Who was this enemy? And how did this 'enemy' help Homo sapiens to get to the top of the food chain? A ball of dung rolled by a beetle transformed humanity. How did that happen? A human being riding a bicycle is the second most efficient locomotive on Earth. What is the first? How did humans survive the Toba Super-Volcano eruption 70,000 years ago? What's the connection between a prehistoric hominid fossil to the music band Beatles? Why has no one been able to find the tomb of Alexander the Great? Was it really Columbus who discovered the Americas? Who is the 'loneliest man and the 'oldest surviving human tribe’? When a playful tweenage daughter asked umpteen, incessant questions to her dad, the only way to answer was to embark on an adventurous journey across continents and millennia to put the pieces of human civilization and rediscovering oneself. From a one-million-year-old fireplace to treks through jungles and caves, from being hunted to becoming the hunter; the journey of knowing nothing to questioning everything and then back to knowing nothing. Would the father-daughter duo get their answers? Can she find her place in history and the universe?

Socioeconomic Shocks and Africa’s Development Agenda
Socioeconomic Shocks and Africa’s Development Agenda

Author: Evans Osabuohien

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-11-10

Total Pages: 333

ISBN-13: 1000773698

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This book investigates how African countries respond to socioeconomic shocks, drawing out lessons to help to inform future policy and development efforts. The challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic affected all sectors of the economy, exposing substantial structural weaknesses and complexities in supply chains and logistics across the African continent. This book examines the disruptive impact of the pandemic across Africa. However, it also goes beyond the current crisis to investigate how socioeconomic pressures in general impact commodity prices, national budgeting processes, food, business, energy sectors, education, health, and sanitation. Overall, the book presents evidence-based solutions and policy recommendations to enable readers to improve resilience and responses to future crises. The insights provided by this book will be of interest to policymakers and development agencies, as well as to researchers of global development, politics, economics, business, and African studies.