These essays present a historical study of the problems facing African development looking at the background to ethno-religious and cultural conflicts and the difficulties of nation building. Contributors include Wole Soyinka, Samuel Egwu and Aaron Gana. Index, refs, xxvii, 323pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 0865439788

A scholarly historicisation of the African crisis of development interrogating the problem of national integration within the context of ethno religious and cultural pluralism. The contributors offer insights into transforming the African continent into the super power of the third millennium. Index, notes, refs, xxvii, 350pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS, 1592210805

A collection of essays transcending conventional state centric and formalistic notions of regionalism and theorises, conceptualises and analyses the complexities and contradictions of regionalisation processes in contemporary Africa. BNS, 266pp, UK. ASHGATE PUBLISHERS, 0754632628

Outlines the challenges to mutual linkages at a regional level to social and economic development across the continent. Organised topically and covering all regional groupings in Africa, the study provides a historical overview of integration and common markets of COMESA and ECOWAS, discussion of Africa in the global economy, the question of regionalism in North Africa and the Arab-Maghreb union, the case of the Southern African Development Community, and a survey of the political economy of the Horn of Africa. 258pp, SOUTH AFRICA. IKHWEZI AFRIKA PUBLISHING.

Essays examining the various aspects of the impact of globalisation on Africa. Issues discussed include the problems confronting regional integration, tensions within and between states, and the rise of an international informal economy. Index, bib, notes, xix, 235pp, UK. JAMES CURREY PUBLISHERS.

Contributors identify and review current issues of regionalism and regional integration within the era of globalisation in the African context. Notes, refs, 74pp, SWEDEN. NORDIC AFRICA INSTITUTE, 9171064842