In this book it is a matter of accounting for the dynamics of Wolof language, of its borrowings, of its diffusion and mostly the etymologies that are at times amazing and give this book a more poetic than scientific character.

The story of Omar Tall, a hero also known under the appellation of El Hadj Omar (or Umar), is well known. The same goes for the epic story that bears the same name. The action takes place in the Senegambia region which abounds with oral traditions. Omar left his native village of Halwaar in the n...

A mind torn between socio-political ills and a sort of educational decadence leaves the author in a medley of paint-up trauma and despair. As a matter of fact, Mohkeleh hardly finds facts to put together in order to reach out to his dreams. This interesting debut of purposeful prose written by th...

Guinea was identified as a mining country long time ago since quantity of gold coming from the Bouré region, near Siguiri, constituted the power and reputation of medieval Mandingue empire. For the Guinean people and those observing them, the real scandal is having so much resources and remaining...

The author presents in this book on one side, the ecological and diplomatic marketing contained in the vision of Sassou N'guesso, and shows on the other side, how the protection of the environment is an imperative condition to assure a better life quality to the future generations.

President Buyoya's book is not only a lively and well-documented personal account; it also constitutes an in depth analysis of Burundi's tragic history and draws lessons that could be applied in other countries facing similar crisis. President Buyoya initiated, negotiated and concluded ...

This book is not about leadership but about leaders. It is not so much about the process as about the individual. While leadership is a process, the leader is a person and this book is about the person of a leader, his talents, skills, traits, perceptions, character, person and personality; in br...

This book examined the different types of pollution of the Niger River, as well as their consequences, known and visible, subtler and more unsuspected, but all as perilous. This book on the pollution peril brings scientific clarifications on the mechanisms of contamination of various types of pol...

She was born in Mwumba, in the north of Burundi. Shy and hardworking, Denise Bucumi met a man, Pierre Nkurunziza. But in 1993, war broke out in this central African country formerly known as "the Switzerland of Africa", taking with it the dream of a peaceful household. When the family's fath...

Despite its small size, Djibouti has capitalized on its singular geographic position to make itself indispensable as a commercial emporium, as a vital center for global trade, as a key player in bringing stability to a troubled region, and as a location where the armed forces of the world’s...