Download e-book for iPad: African Independence: How Africa Shapes the World by Tukufu Zuberi

By Tukufu Zuberi

ISBN-10: 1442216417

ISBN-13: 9781442216419

ISBN-10: 1442216425

ISBN-13: 9781442216426

African Independence highlights the $64000 position Africa has performed in contemporary historical past and the numerous position it is going to proceed to play sooner or later of the USA and the globe. In an international the place a lot of the facility and wealth is still centred within the fingers of a truly few humans, this publication appears at how the historical past of African independence has touched all people—from refugees to heads of kingdom.

Author Tukufu Zuberi weaves specific interview excerpts and tales from many Africans he has met with outdated newsreels, present information and stories, and study right into a better narrative that takes readers via key occasions in African background and indicates their value this present day. The publication offers context for knowing connections among occasions in Africa and the area, reminiscent of Nigeria’s Boko Haram acts of struggle opposed to the electorate of Nigeria and neighboring states, China’s upward thrust because the major superpower with the biggest monetary connections to the African continent, and the so-called warfare opposed to terrorism.

Zuberi can be the director of the documentary African Independence, which has received awards together with most sensible Director and most sensible Documentary on the San Diego Black movie pageant, top Director on the People’s movie competition, most sensible African movie on the San Diego Black movie competition, and extra. either by myself and jointly, the publication and movie supply a deeper knowing of Africa’s significant position in international affairs.

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