Africa was for a long time considered to be Europe's backyard. This situation since the turn of the century has changed considerably. With new actors pursuing their own economic interests, mainly representing the growing influence of so-called emerging economies, new multipolar realities have...

Review of the monograph: John S. Saul, Liberation Lite: The Roots of Recolonization in Southern Africa, Trenton, N.J.: Africa World Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-59221-835-6, 133 pages

Editorial of Vol. 47, No. 2-3 (2012) of the journal Africa Spectrum.

Following a current trend, the UNDP's Human Development Report 2013 promoted the middle class(es) as an important new factor in development. The limitations of this category and its role in the context of Africa are at the core of this contribution.

Review of the edited volume: Robert A. Hill and Edmond J. Keller (eds.), Trustee for the Human Community: Ralph J. Bunche, the United Nations, and the Decolonization of Africa, Athens, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-8214-1909-0 (Hardcover) / 978-0-8214-1910-6 (Paperback), 205 pp.