Canada-Africa Revisited - Occasional Paper 3 - October 2009 Click here to Access Text
RECENT BOOKS ON AFRICA
Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa, Jason Stearns, reviewed in the Washington Post (22 April 2011) by Robert Guest - Washingtonpost.com - also in the Telegraph (UK) by Tim Butcher www.telegraph.co.uk
Emerging Africa, Steven Radelet - Book reviewed in Foreign Affairs (November/December 2011) By Edward Miguel - www.foreignaffairs.com
The Crisis Caravan: What's Wrong with Humanitarian Aid, Linda Polman - Book reviewed in The New Yorker by Philip Gourevitch.
War Games, Linda Polman - Book reviewed by Ben Ramalingam and Michael Barnett (Overseas Development Institute)
In an rare collective opinion, ODI's Humanitarian Policy Group responds to Linda Polman's critique of Humanitarian Aid
ARTICLES OF NOTE ON AFRICA
The Hopeful Continent: Africa Rising, lead article in the Economist (Vol 401, #8762, December 03, 2011) http://www.economist.com
Socio-economic Development in Africa, a New Era Dawning, Reana Rossouw, article in "How We Made It In Africa" Blog - http://www.howwemadeitinafrica.com
Tories looking to form strategy for Africa: But skepticism abounds after years of disinterest, Peter Mazereuuw reports in Embassy Magazine (22 June 2011) on the Canadian Government's statement of intent to develop an African strategy:(http://www.embassymag.ca/page/view/africa-06-22-2011)
Misreading the importance of the Africa relationship, Chris Robert (Vanguard Webblog) Chris Roberts is a PhD student (political science) at the University of Alberta and has worked on African business and policy issues for over 15 years
Canada and the Global Challenge of Fragile States, Carolyn McCaskie (McLeod Group)