Africa's International Relations: The Diplomacy of Dependency and Change

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This book approaches the study of Africa's international relations with a consciousness not only of past events but also of future prospects. It focuses on the black peoples everywhere, not merely those of the African continent, to understand the dynamics of black diplomacy. Cover Half Title Title Copyright CONTENTS Acknowledgements PART ONE: THE GLOBAL CONTEXT CHAPTER 1 Africa & the International Structure Caste and Class in International Relations Conclusions CHAPTER 2 Africa & International Ideologies The Birth of Liberal Capitalism Race and Nationalism Black Militancy and White Marxism The Resilience of Tradition Conclusion CHAPTER 3 Early Struggles against Dependency: Nkrumah versus de Gaulle Exile and Return Colonialism by Consent Towards the Future Conclusion PART TWO: INTER-REGIONAL RELATIONS CHAPTER 4 Africa & the Black Diaspora Five Dimensions of Pan-Africanism Black Australasia How Real is Black Interdependence? Towards a Black Commonwealth of Nations? Conclusion CHAPTER 5 Africa & Western Europe Captives of Culture Science and Control Power and Political Control The Political Economy of Dependency Conclusion CHAPTER 6 Africa & Asia Gandhi and Africa Nehru and Africa The Yellow Paradigms Conclusion CHAPTER 7 Africa & the Middle East From the Slave Trade to Apartheid Towards Re-Africanizing North Africa The Political Shrinking of the Sahara Towards Economic Partnership The Arab League and the OAU Conclusion CHAPTER 8 Africa & the USA The USA and Southern Africa Conclusion CHAPTER 9 Africa & the Soviet Union Non-alignment and Ideological Competition The Soviet Union and African Development Angola and Afro-Soviet Relations Conclusion CHAPTER 10 Africa & the United Nations Nationalism and Internationalism: the Twins Peace versus Human Rights Towards Applying International Morality Oil Power and the New World Body Conclusion PART THREE: THE GLOBAL ISSUES CHAPTER 11 Race & Dignity Class-Race Convergence Race and Law Familiarity and Contempt The Role of International Action Internal Confrontation Conclusion CHAPTER 12 Arms & Nationhood The Challenge of Southern Africa The Failure of Pan-Africanism Internal Disorder Military Expenditure Disarmament and Development CHAPTER 13 Population & Politics Numericalism and World Order Infant Mortality and Parental Immortality Tribal Competition and Population Control Electoral Engineering and Population Control Conclusion CHAPTER 14 Ecology & Culture On Science and Commerce On Morality and Concern African Culture and Population Growth Western Culture and African Resources Non-alignment and Ecological Concern Conclusion CHAPTER 15 Towards the Year 2000: A Conclusion The Cold War as a Creative Confrontation The Rise of Arab Power OPEC as a Muslim Organization The Future of Southern Africa Problems of Cultural Dependency Towards Transcending Economic ·Dependency Class, Ethnicity and History Conclusion Index