This collection provides an overview of Africa at the millennium. It explores important new social, political and economic trends that are emerging in the wake of post-colonial development.

This collection provides an overview of Africa at the millennium. It explores important new social, political and economic trends that are emerging in the wake of post-colonial development. Political monopolies of one-party states are being challenged, while economies are undergoing major structural changes as a result of internal and external pressures. This volume analyses these changes and makes predictions for the future. The contributors examine such topics as structural adjustment and labour strategies in Nigeria; the role of international donors and civil society in Zimbabwe, French foreign policy toward Africa, global-local perspectives on African security issues; and the US democratic experiment in Ghana. Contributors include Christopher Clapman, Lionel Cliffe, Paul Richards, Ankie Hoogvelt and Donna Pankhurst.

1. Tunde Zack-Williams, University of Central Lancashire, Introduction: 'Why is Africa in This Mess?' 2. Ankie Hoogvelt, University of Sheffield, 'Globalisation, Imperialism and Exclusion: The case of Sub-Saharan Africa.' 3. Paul Richards, University College London &
Wageningen University, Holland. 4. Lionel Cliffe, University of Leeds, 'African Renaissance?' 5. Rob Dixon, University of Wales Aberystwyth, 'The Colonisation of Political Consciousness: States and Civil Society in Africa' 6. Bruce Baker, Coventry University, 'The Unaccountable State' 7. Julie Hearn, London School of Economics, 'The US Democratic Experiment in Ghana.' 8. Donna Pankhurst, University of Bradford, 'Globalisation and Democracy: International Donors and Civil Society in Zimbabwe.' 9. H. Laurens Van Der Laan, University of Lieden, The Hague, 'Misconception about The "World Market": Implications for African Export Policies.' 10. Claire Melamed, Christian Aid, 'Cotton, Food and Work: Contract Farming, Food Security and the Labour Market in Northern Mozambique' 11. Asteris C. Huliaras, 'Continuity and Change in French foreign Policy Toward Africa', 12. Jimmy D. Kandeh, University of Richmond, Virginia, 'Subaltern Terror in Sierra Leone' 13. Christopher Clapham, Lancaster University, 'Problems of Peace Enforcement: Lessons To Be Drawn From Multinational Peacekeeping Operations in On-going conflicts in Africa Index