This book examines the role of the African Union in relation to African agency in international politics. It examines the manner and extent to which the African

This book analyses the rapidly increasing role of African states, leaders and other political actors in international politics in the 21st Century. In contrast

Moving beyond a self-indulgent attitude about Africa’s historical victimhood, the book seeks to capture how African states individually and Africa’s collect

Africa is a continent of 54 countries and over a billion people. However, despite the rich diversity of the African experience, it is striking that continuation

"This book explores, at a time when several powers have become serious players on the continent, aspects of African agency, past and present, by African writers