Contending political paradigms in Africa : rationality and the politics of democratization in Kenya and Zambia / by Nasong'o, Shadrack Wanjala

Table of Contents: “…Emergence of authoritarianism -- The forces of democratization -- The centrality of civil society -- The role of ethnicity -- The primacy of electoral system design -- Rational politics and democratization -- Prospects democratic consolidation.…”
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Contending political paradigms in Africa : rationality and the politics of democratization in Kenya and Zambia / by Nasong'o, Shadrack Wanjala

Table of Contents: “…Emergence of authoritarianism -- The forces of democratization -- The centrality of civil society -- The role of ethnicity -- The primacy of electoral system design -- Rational politics and democratization -- Prospects democratic consolidation.…”
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African film and literature : adapting violence to the screen / by Dovey, Lindiwe

Table of Contents: “…Cinema and violence in South Africa -- Fools and victims : adapting rationalized rape into feminist film -- Redeeming features : screening HIV/AIDS, screening out rape in Gavin Hood's Tsotsi -- From black and white to "coloured" : racial identity in 1950s and 1990s South Africa in two versions of A walk in the night -- Audio-visualizing "invisible" violence : remaking and reinventing Cry, the beloved country -- Cinema and violence in francophone West Africa -- Losing the plot, restoring the lost chapter : Aristotle in Cameroon -- African incar(me)nation : Joseph Ga�i Ramaka's Karmen ge�i (2001) -- Humanizing the Old Testament's origins, historicizing genocide's origins : Cheick Oumar Sissoko's La gen�ese (1999).…”
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African film and literature : adapting violence to the screen / by Dovey, Lindiwe

Table of Contents: “…Cinema and violence in South Africa -- Fools and victims : adapting rationalized rape into feminist film -- Redeeming features : screening HIV/AIDS, screening out rape in Gavin Hood's Tsotsi -- From black and white to "coloured" : racial identity in 1950s and 1990s South Africa in two versions of A walk in the night -- Audio-visualizing "invisible" violence : remaking and reinventing Cry, the beloved country -- Cinema and violence in francophone West Africa -- Losing the plot, restoring the lost chapter : Aristotle in Cameroon -- African incar(me)nation : Joseph Ga�i Ramaka's Karmen ge�i (2001) -- Humanizing the Old Testament's origins, historicizing genocide's origins : Cheick Oumar Sissoko's La gen�ese (1999).…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view