West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army (1860-1960)
West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army (1860-1960)

Author: Timothy Stapleton

Publisher: Boydell & Brewer

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 401

ISBN-13: 1648250254

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"West African Soldiers in Britain's Colonial Army, 1860-1960 explores the history of Britain's West African colonial army based in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone and the Gambia placing it within a broader social context and emphasizing, as far as possible, the experience of the ordinary soldier. The aim is not to describe the many battles and campaigns fought by this force but to look at the development of the West African colonial army as an institution over the course of about a century. In pursuing this goal, it is sometimes useful to employ the lens of military culture defined differently by scholars but essentially meaning a set of shared ideas and behaviors that inform daily life in the military. While other locally recruited colonial militaries in Africa have attracted considerable attention from historians as they served as an essential pillar supporting European rule, this book represents the first comprehensive scholarly study of Britain's West African army which was the largest such British-led force south of the Sahara. The study is based on extensive archival research conducted in nine archives located in five countries"--

The Red Book of West Africa
The Red Book of West Africa

Author:

Publisher:

Published: 2023

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13: 9781136965258

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First published in 1920, this resource was intended as a guide to the history and activities of a variety of commercial enterprises in the British West African colonies. It also reveals the characters and backgrounds of personalities in government, business and the professions.

Rethinking Civil Society Regionalism in Africa
Rethinking Civil Society Regionalism in Africa

Author: Dele Kogbe

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-10-14

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 100073577X

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This book interrogates the extent to which regional civil society organisations have evolved as actors in West Africa. Examining civil society democratic participation in regional integration and involvement in regionalism of peacebuilding, it rethinks how we study civil society in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region. Beyond the functional typology of civil society actors as ‘partner’, ‘legitimiser’, ‘resistance/counter-hegemonic’ and ‘manipulator’, the book develops a new analytical framework to understand how organisations such as the West African Civil Society Forum (WACSOF) and West African Network for Peacebuilding (WANEP) have evolved. Offering analytical perspectives of the actorship of specific regional civil society actors, the book draws attention to the tendencies in the previous studies of mistaking an action or misdeed that is empirically specific to particular civil society organisations within a region to the generality of the civic space of the region. Providing an alternative perspective aimed at invoking a new intellectual conversation about civil society regionalism this book advances a new analytical framework of action-based regional identity of civil society, regional presence of activities, regional capacities and societal impact. It will be of interest to academics and scholars of international relations, global governance, African politics and comparative regionalism.

The Gambia
The Gambia

Author: International Monetary Fund. African Dept.

Publisher: International Monetary Fund

Published: 2013-09-18

Total Pages: 84

ISBN-13: 1484371275

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This IMF Staff Report for the 2013 Article IV Consultation presents economic development and policies of Tthe Gambia. The IMF report shows that Tthe Gambia’s economy is picking up slowly from the past drought conditions. The Gambian Programme for Accelerated Growth and Employment (PAGE) emphasizes fiscal adjustment, together with infrastructure investment and structural reforms to support inclusive growth. Fiscal adjustment is needed to ease the heavy debt burden, arising mainly from domestic debt. Execution of the PAGE, supported by commitments from development partners, would help reduce poverty, especially in rural areas, given a strong focus on agriculture.