understanding and promoting development in Africa
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Skard, Torild
- Publish Year
- 2003
- Shelfmark
- B5041 - B
- Thesaurus
- gezondheid, aids, kinderen, moeders, oorlog en vrede, onderwijs, Afrika
- Description
- Cutting through the Western media's stereotype picture of Africa as a continent wracked only by civil conflict and AIDS, Torild Skard has written an introduction to a continent in change. Based on her extensive travels through the region, Skard combines eyewitness accounts, lively description and deeply informed insight to portray the human reality of Africa today. With honesty, cultural sensitivity, and a commitment especially to women, she describes the social, health, and other problems experienced by its people, but also the sources of hope for the future represented by courageous individuals, community-level projects, and programs being implemented in the region.