Front cover -- About the authors -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures and tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Structure of the book -- 1 Colonialism, racism and African resistance -- The scramble for Africa -- The colonial impress -- table 1.1 Variations in colonial systems -- The colonial economies -- Inheritance at independence -- State of Africa -- Conclusion -- 2 Instabilities, adjustment and renewal -- Africa's economic decline -- table 2.1 Foreign direct investment, 1997-2010 -- table 2.2 Selected macroeconomic indicators, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, 1963-80 -- The colonial legacy -- Political legacies -- table 2.3 Deaths from conflict, 1963-2008 -- table 2.4 Conflict to post-conflict environments - key features -- Conclusion -- 3 Food-insecure and vulnerable: the politics of African rural livelihoods -- The state of agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa -- table 3.1 Development of sub-Saharan African agriculture -- External factors and global food prices -- figure 3.1 Increase in food prices 2006-08 -- figure 3.2 Agricultural spending by selected African countries in 2008: percentage of total government expenditure -- figure 3.3 Share of ODA for agriculture -- Who owns the land? -- figure 3.4 Rural workload by gender -- Securing inputs for agriculture -- A new vision for agriculture in Africa -- Conclusion -- 4 Big men and little women: the politics of gender in Africa -- The international discourse of gender -- Development discourses and women's livelihoods -- Women, microfinance and entrepreneurship -- The power to be heard: representation and voice -- The power of stereotypes -- Conclusion -- 5 More than HIV/AIDS: the politics of health in Africa -- Introduction -- HIV/AIDS - the politics of poverty, sex and aid -- Sociocultural and economic factors.

In this battle, the enemy is cunning and the armoury is sparse -- table 5.1 AIDS commitments by source, 1999-2008 -- figure 5.1 Number of annual AIDS-related deaths in Africa -- table 5.2 Close and distant determinants of HIV infection and possible prevention responses -- Health systems - inadequate and failing -- Conclusion -- Conclusion: an African renaissance -- Bibliography -- Index -- About Zed Books -- Back cover.