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Phylogeny Of Acridocarpus-Brachylophon (Malpighiaceae): Implications For Tertiary Tropical Floras And Afroasian Biogeography, Charles C. Davis, Charles D. Bell, Peter W. Fritsch, Sarah Mathews

Faculty Publications

A major tenet of African Tertiary biogeography posits that lowland rainforest dominated much of Africa in the late Cretaceous and was replaced by xeric vegetation as a response to continental uplift and consequent widespread aridification beginning in the late Paleogene. The aridification of Africa is thought to have been a major factor in the extinction of many African humid-tropical lineages, and in the present-day disparity of species diversity between Africa and other tropical regions. This primarily geologically based model can be tested with independent phylogenetic evidence from widespread African plant groups containing both humid- and xeric-adapted species. We estimated the …

Many Hands Can Lift The Heaviest Of Burdens': A Guide And Resource Book To Assist In Teaching And Learning About Africa In The United States, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist and educator, authored this bookdraft designed for teachers to teach about knowledgably about Africa -to those who have both never taught about Africa as well as those who have taught about Africa for a long time. 15 pages.

African Integration Schemes: A Case Study Of The Southern African Development Community, Muna Ndulo

Cornell Law Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.

The Politics Of Human Rights: Beyond The Abolitionist Paradigm In Africa, Makau Wa Mutua

Michigan Journal of International Law

Review of Protecting Human Rights in Africa: Strategies and Roles of Non-Governmental Organizations by Claude E. Welch

Why Redraw The Map Of Africa: A Moral And Legal Inquiry, Makau Wa Mutua

Michigan Journal of International Law

The author argues in this Article that the post-colonial state, the uncritical successor of the colonial state, is doomed because it lacks basic moral legitimacy. Its normative and territorial construction on the African colonial state, itself a legal and moral nullity, is the fundamental reason for its failure. The author argues that, at independence, the West decolonized the colonial state, not the African peoples subject to it. In other words, the right to self-determination was exercised not by the victims of colonization but their victimizers, the elites who control the international state system.

Perestroika African Style: One-Party Government And Human Rights In Tanzania, John Quigley

Michigan Journal of International Law

The one-party systems in Africa have drawn negative reactions from Western States that provide economic aid. The article assesses the one-party system in light of international human rights law and asks whether aid-giving States must consider whether one-party rule in recipient States violates international standards. In this connection, the article asks whether the rights of association and political freedom as developed in Europe can fairly be applied to Africa, given its historical experience.

Legal Education In Zambia: Pedagogical Issues, Muna Ndulo

Journal of Legal Education

No abstract provided.

Selected Sources Of Funding For The Third World Educational Projects, Joseph M. Ndisya

All Master's Theses

A hundred philanthropic foundations were surveyed with an aim to find out their attitudes toward the educational growth in the developing countries. This was done in order to have an idea of the percentage that would reply positively that they would consider project proposals seeking funds for continuous educational growth in such countries. Of those that replied to the questionnaires, about 50% replied positively thereby agreeing that they would consider such proposals. Hence those developing countries of Latin America, Asia Minor, and Africa could seek more funds to keep their educational development growing a bit faster.

Reflections On The Geneva Years, Especially On The Programme To Combat Racism, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, reflects on his time in Geneva, Switzerland working for the World Council of Churches' Programme to Combat Racism after his return to Chicago, Illinois when his time with the World Council of Churches ended. 12 pages.

Refugees, Law, And Development In Africa, Peter Nobel

Michigan Journal of International Law

This article concerns those large movements of people in Africa, which have been called the "African refugee problem." However, large and intriguing migrations of populations have occurred in Africa for centuries. The earliest migrations reflected the spread of culture, the growth of trade and the development of roving early kingdoms. The unique history behind the refugee dilemma, however, begins with the instability spawned by slave trading and colonialism. Sensitivity to these eras heightens an understanding of why today's Africa is wrought with economic crises, territorial disputes, unnatural frontiers, misfit ethnic combinations, and more refugees than any other continent. Against this …

Index Volume 61 Role Of International Law And An Evolving Ocean Law

International Law Studies

No abstract provided.

Book Reviews: The Angolan Revolution: Exile Politics And Guerrilla Warfare, 1962-1976 Volume Ii By John Marcum, Prexy Nesbitt

Rozell 'Prexy' Nesbitt Writings and Speeches

Prexy Nesbitt, a Chicago-based anti-apartheid activist, wrote this review for the publication Southern Africa. 1 page.

African Agenda, June & July 1975, African American Solidarity Committee

African Agenda

The Vol 4, No 4 issue of the African Agenda newsletter was published by the African American Solidarity Committee. Articles: Women's Liberation Is Essential For The Revolution, International Women's Year 1975, Chili's Experience And Problems Of The Class Struggle Part II, Scientific Socialism in Africa by Marien Ngouabi, President of the People's Republic of the Congo, Africa's Choice, One Million Voices Petition, After 477 Years Of Struggle: Mozambique, Recommended Books. 8 pages.

African Agenda, June & July 1974, African American Solidarity Committee

African Agenda

The Vol 3, No 4 issue of the African Agenda newsletter was published by the African American Solidarity Committee. Articles: From Dar-es-Salaam To Raleigh, NC, Let My People Go, Unity-The Key Against Racist And Political Repression, A Call For Solidarity With Puerto Rico, Anti-Imperialism And The Sixth Pan-African Congress, U.S. Miners Against Apartheid, Mama King by Rev. Ben Chavis, African Agenda And The Mailing System, Recommended Books. 8 pages.

African Agenda, April & May 1974, African American Solidarity Committee

African Agenda

The Vol 3, No 3 issue of the African Agenda newsletter was published by the African American Solidarity Committee. Articles: Events in Portugual and Southern Africa, Technological Colonialism, For Independence Socialism and Unity, The Ship by Pablo Neruda, Kenya: The Development of A Neo-Colony, Who Is The Enemy And What Is The Enemy? What Is Our Objective?, MPLA, Agostinho Neto. 8 pages.

African Agenda, February & March, 1974, African American Solidarity Committee

African Agenda

The Vol 3, No 2 issue of the African Agenda newsletter was published by the African American Solidarity Committee. Articles: Dedicated to Women In Struggle, South African Women In The Fight Against Apartheid, A Talk With Sylvia Woods, Afro-American Women, Two Years of Struggle, 1975-International Women's Year, The Republic of Guinea-Bissau and Our Responsibility, The 1973 All-African Women's Conference, Vietnamese Women An Inspiration To All, Recommended Books. 9 pages.

From Tokyo To Oslo, Won Yong Ji

Concordia Theological Monthly

The Lutheran World Federation's Commission on Church Cooperation sponsored an international consultation in Tokyo with some 150 people, from April 29 to May 4, 1971, under the theme "The Role of Lutheranism in an Ecumenical Age." It was the first sizeable gathering of such a nature since the recent restructuring of the Lutheran World Federation at its Evian Assembly in 1970. That it was held in Asia was also noteworthy.

From June 6 to 12, 1971, the LWF Executive meeting occurred in Oslo. It was also the first enlarged meeting (more than 100 participants) of the top governing body of …

Peace Corps Factbook & Directory, Peace Corps (U.S.)

Peace Corps Factbooks and Directories

This document is a combination factbook and directory about the Peace Corps in 1967. This document begins with an explanation of what the Peace Corps is, what is expected of volunteers, and its growth at the time. Fifty-two countries are listed overall with and are divided into four regions - Africa, Latin America, North Africa/Near East/South Asia, and East Asia/Pacific. These four major regions have some introductory paragraphs accompanied by a map that identifies the countries' locations. The countries are sorted under different headings for whatever the primary volunteer duties could be - education, health, cooperatives, etc. Each country has …