Author: Norman and Dorothy Kehmeier
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0557430615
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 137
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An American couple exchanges US farm life for Peace Corps adventure near Lake Chad in Chad, Africa, in 1978-1979 during civil post independence turmoil in the African Sahel. A journal of the thirteen months in the Peace Corps preparing for and living in Chad. A description of the habits and the traditions of the Islamic Kanembous of Matafo.
Author: Norman Kehmeier
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Languages : en
Pages : 74
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Author: Mario J. Azevedo
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1538114372
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 767
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Having achieved its independence from France in 1960, Chad has run into a serious crises of national building, which have continued to haunt it to the present day, making it one of the poorest and most politically unstable countries on the globe. Chad is a country with sharp geographic and climatic contrasts that puzzle and fascinate the visitor, displaying first a monotonous but majestic portion of the Saharan Desert in the north, punctuated by plains and high altitudes displayed by the Tibesti mountains, where the highest point, Emi Koussi, reaches 11,204 ft.; the middle Central Sahelian zone, where pastoral transhumance lifestyle predominates but where and nut cultivation and harvesting is possible; and an endowed southern tropical zone where the forest and the savanna meet, blessed by several long-running rivers, most notably, the Logone and the Chari that empty their waters into centuries-old Lake Chad. Even though things in Chad seem to have improved during the past 10 years, most observers agree that the path to peace, reconstruction, and economic progress is still long and arduous. This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Chad contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Chad.
Author: James Rumford
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 0547505000
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 37
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Shows how important learning is in a country where only a few children are able to go to school.
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 492
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Author: Robert D. Kaplan
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 1400034582
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
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In Hog Pilots, Blue Water Grunts, acclaimed journalist Robert D. Kaplan continues his exploration of the American military's challenging and varied commitments around the world. From protecting sea lanes, to providing disaster relief, to preparing for potential military confrontation with North Korea and Iran, Kaplan describes the astonishing, vital, and often unacknowledged operations regularly performed by American military personnel in the air, at sea, and on the ground. Vivid and illuminating, this book takes us deep into the highly technical and exotic cultures of the armed forces, telling soldiers' stories from the perspective of the troops on the ground.
Author: Julie R. Dargis
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
ISBN: 9781477644751
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 256
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The life of a humanitarian aid worker in stories and verse from around the world--inspired by war-affected populations rebuilding their lives with unbreakable spirit. From Rwanda to Cote d'Ivoire, Congo to Serbia, Morocco to South Sudan "Pit Stop in the Paris of Africa" depicts one woman's journey living and working in the face of adversity. On single engine aircraft over dense forests. Through arid deserts on makeshift roads. Experience the reality of living and working in some of the most dangerous and insecure countries in the world.The story of an independent woman afoot in a world of adventure, danger and romance. --Brian Lambert, MINNPOSTJulie Dargis brings to vivid life the dangers, challenges, and rewards of providing aid on the front lines. I highly recommend "Pit Stop in the Paris of Africa" to anyone seeking insight into humanitarian work in the 21st century. --Michael Kocher, Vice President, International Rescue CommitteeJulie's writing is brave, true and moving. There is nothing false or self-conscious about this journey of self-discovery. --Chris Hennemeyer, Specialist in African AffairsIn this memoir that blends poetry and prose, a humanitarian worker finds unlikely friendships and fleeting romances in some of the most violent, impoverished places on Earth. This is an unconventional memoir, but Dargis (Seven Sonnets, 2012) hasn't lived a conventional life. In a loosely stitched collection of reveries, she reflects on her years working for humanitarian causes, hopping from one war-torn nation to another seemingly as fast as a Land Rover can traverse a jungle road. Her adventures began in 1984 when she joined the Peace Corps and taught English in Morocco. Later, she traveled to Rwanda to oversee an international response organization following the 1994 genocide. What she encountered—primitive living conditions, ethnic brutality, staff members succumbing to AIDS—was in stark contrast to her Minnesota upbringing. A haunting sonnet entitled “Thy Neighbor's Heart” captures the work of humanitarian groups in a strife-ridden land: “Truckloads of rightful wares to ease the plight / Of a million plus souls, with prayers, were sent.” While disease, conflict and death loom over the narrative, Dargis also shares insights into local customs and cuisines. In this way, the book is a travelogue born of nose-in-the-dirt experiences that wouldn't be out of place in a Hemingway novel. Dargis witnessed tanks rolling across the Chadian desert, contracted malaria in Congo and ate gelato with a fortuneteller in Italy. One overarching truth emerges from a lifetime of travel: despite cultural differences, people are the same everywhere. Occasionally, a shortage of info, such as the names of organizations for which Dargis worked, makes it difficult to follow the timeline as she embarks on one perilous assignment after another. Ironically, it is the United States where the author struggles to fit in most. Always pulled toward the horizon, Dargis sees national borders as “invisible barriers” in a journey of self-discovery. In her story, the landscape changes quickly, but the human connections leave a lasting impression.Poignant recollections of a restless soul whose wanderings taught her that the desire for security, dignity and love transcend the lines on a map. --Kirkus Reviews
Author: Jonathan Fisher
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108499376
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 259
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An examination of how peacekeeping is woven into national, regional and international politics in Africa, and its consequences.
Author: Philip Alston
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190239492
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 577
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Fact-finding is at the heart of human rights advocacy, and is often at the center of international controversies about alleged government abuses. In recent years, human rights fact-finding has greatly proliferated and become more sophisticated and complex, while also being subjected to stronger scrutiny from governments. Nevertheless, despite the prominence of fact-finding, it remains strikingly under-studied and under-theorized. Too little has been done to bring forth the assumptions, methodologies, and techniques of this rapidly developing field, or to open human rights fact-finding to critical and constructive scrutiny. The Transformation of Human Rights Fact-Finding offers a multidisciplinary approach to the study of fact-finding with rigorous and critical analysis of the field of practice, while providing a range of accounts of what actually happens. It deepens the study and practice of human rights investigations, and fosters fact-finding as a discretely studied topic, while mapping crucial transformations in the field. The contributions to this book are the result of a major international conference organized by New York University Law School's Center for Human Rights and Global Justice. Engaging the expertise and experience of the editors and contributing authors, it offers a broad approach encompassing contemporary issues and analysis across the human rights spectrum in law, international relations, and critical theory. This book addresses the major areas of human rights fact-finding such as victim and witness issues; fact-finding for advocacy, enforcement, and litigation; the role of interdisciplinary expertise and methodologies; crowd sourcing, social media, and big data; and international guidelines for fact-finding.
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 796
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