Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean

The Case for Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation

Edited by Sabella Ogbobode Abidde - Contributions by Adeoye A. Akinsanya; Augustine Avwunudiogba; Leonard Sitji Bombom; Elisha J. Dung; Paul Erhunmwunsee; Brenda Ingrid Gill; Bruce Ormond Grant; Alecia D. Hoffman; John-Patrick Afamefuna Ifedi; Magdaline Mbong Mai; Charity Manyeruke and Jules-Clement Mba

As important as state-to-state and multi-state cooperation have long proven to be, many countries in the Global South have yet to fully explore its potentials. Despite their shared history of slavery, colonialism, and underdevelopment, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean currently show a lack of significant cooperation. Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: The Case for Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation, therefore, makes the case for an increased and renewed effort at bilateral and multilateral cooperation between the three regions. In this multidisciplinary work, scholars make the case for renewing, continuing, and deepening relationships between the people, the state, and the non-governmental organizations in the three spheres—taking not only an economic and political point of view, but also considering sociological, geographical, and historical perspectives as well. « less more »

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Pages: 296 • Trim: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2

978-1-4985-6296-6 • Hardback • March 2018 • $105.00 • (£70.00)

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Subjects: History / Latin America / General

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The Case for Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation

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As important as state-to-state and multi-state cooperation have long proven to be, many countries in the Global South have yet to fully explore its potentials. Despite their shared history of slavery, colonialism, and underdevelopment, Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean currently show a lack of significant cooperation. Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: The Case for Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation, therefore, makes the case for an increased and renewed effort at bilateral and multilateral cooperation between the three regions. In this multidisciplinary work, scholars make the case for renewing, continuing, and deepening relationships between the people, the state, and the non-governmental organizations in the three spheres—taking not only an economic and political point of view, but also considering sociological, geographical, and historical perspectives as well.

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Lexington Books

Pages: 296 • Trim: 6 1/4 x 9 1/2

978-1-4985-6296-6 • Hardback • March 2018 • $105.00 • (£70.00)

978-1-4985-6297-3 • eBook • March 2018 • $99.50 • (£65.00)

Subjects: History / Latin America / General

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Sabella Ogbobode Abidde is associate professor of political science at Alabama State University.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
List of Tables
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction

PART 1: BILATERALISM, MULTILATERALISM, AND REGIONAL COOPERATION

Chapter 1: Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: Bilateral, Multilateral, and Regional Cooperation
Sabella Ogbobode Abidde
Chapter 2: Africa, Latin America, and the Caribbean: A Shared Historical Connection
Alecia D. Hoffman
Chapter 3: The Geographical Basis for Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation Between
Africa and Latin America
Elisha J. Dung and Augustine Avwunudiogba
Chapter 4: Why African Leaders Must Engage the Diaspora
Leonard S. Bombom and Paul Erhunmwunsee
Chapter 5: Bilateral Trade Collaboration or Not? The Case of Africa and Latin America between 1996 and 2015
Magdaline Mbong Mai and Jules-Clement Mba

PART 2: REGIONALISM AND INTERREGIONAL COLLABORATION

Chapter 6: Colonialism, Dependency, and South-South Cooperation: Africa and Latin
American Countries
Brenda Ingrid Gill
Chapter 7: Regional Integration In SADC: Evidence For More Convergence Or Divergence?
Charity Manyeruke
Chapter 8: North-South Global Economic Relationship: A Historical Perspective
Adeoye A. Akinsanya
Chapter 9: Fidel Castro and Sub-Saharan Africa
J.P. Afamefuna Ifedi
Chapter 10: The Impact of Cold War on Trade and Investment in Africa: The Case of Ethiopia and Somalia
Jules-Clement Mba and Magdaline Mbong Mai

PART 3: SPHERES AND AREAS OF OPPORTUNITY AND POSSIBILITY

Chapter 11: Education and the World of Ideas
Bruce Ormond Grant
Chapter 12: Tourism: People, Places, and Wonders of the Lands
Augustine Avwunudiogba and Elisha J. Dung
Chapter 13: Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation between and among Africa and LAC
Countries
Brenda Ingrid Gill

Bibliography
About the Editor
About the Contributors

Reviews

The book starts off strong with history and a concise argument; and ends strong with perfectly reasonable suggestions for future work across disciplines and boundaries. . . This reviewer applauds. . . the content present in this book.
— African Studies Quarterly

This is a timely and insightful book which has cast a scholarly spotlight on varied dimensions of emergent South-South cooperation between African and Latin American and Caribbean countries. In an international milieu in which bilateral and multilateral relations among countries still predominantly favor center nations, the contributors to this edited volume explore and are cautiously optimistic on the prospects for increased relations between the two trading blocs of countries.
— George K. Danns, University of North Georgia

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