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Drugs in Africa

Histories and Ethnographies of Use, Trade, and Control

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Editors:
  1. Gernot Klantschnig

    1. University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China

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  2. Neil Carrier

    1. African Studies Centre, Oxford, UK

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  3. Charles Ambler

    1. University of Texas, USA

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This cutting-edge volume is the first to address the burgeoning interest in drugs and Africa among scholars, policymakers, and the general public. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of leading academics and practitioners to explore the use, trade, production, and control of mind-altering substances on the continent

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Charles Ambler, Neil Carrier, Gernot Klantschnig
    Pages 1-23

  3. The Drug Empire: Control of Drugs in Africa, a Global Perspective

    • Charles Ambler
    Pages 25-47

  4. The Rise of Branded Alcoholic Drinks in West Africa

    • Dmitri van den Bersselaar
    Pages 49-67

  5. Histories of Cannabis Use and Control in Nigeria, 1927–1967

    • Gernot Klantschnig
    Pages 69-88

  6. Alcohol Licensing Hours: Time and Temperance in Kenya

    • Justin Willis
    Pages 89-104

  7. A Respectable Chew?: Highs and Lows in the History of Kenyan Khat

    • Neil Carrier
    Pages 105-123

  8. The Illegal Trade in Pharmaceuticals: Historical Cases from West Africa

    • Donna A. Patterson
    Pages 125-143

  9. Tanzanian Heroin Users and the Realities of Addiction

    • Sheryl Mccurdy
    Pages 145-160

  10. Out of the Shadows: Negotiations and Networks in the Cannabis Trade in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

    • Ann A. Laudati
    Pages 161-181

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 183-205
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Nottingham Ningbo China, China

    Gernot Klantschnig

  • African Studies Centre, Oxford, UK

    Neil Carrier

  • University of Texas, USA

    Charles Ambler

About the editors

Charles Ambler, Professor, University of Texas, El Paso, USA Dmitri van den Berseelaar, Reader in African History, University of Liverpool, UK Neil Carrier, Lecturer, Oxford, UK Gernot Klantschnig, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, China Ann Laudati, Lecturer, University of Bristol, UK Sheryl McCurdy, Associate Professor, University of Texas, Houston, USA Donna Patterson, Assistant Professor, Wellesley College, USA Justin Willis, University of Durham, UK

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Drugs in Africa

  • Book Subtitle: Histories and Ethnographies of Use, Trade, and Control

  • Editors: Gernot Klantschnig, Neil Carrier, Charles Ambler

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137321916

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Gernot Klantschnig, Neil Carrier, and Charles Ambler 2014

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32189-3Published: 07 August 2014

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-137-32190-9Published: 07 August 2014

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-32191-6Published: 07 August 2014

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 205

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Anthropology, African Culture, Sociology, general, Cultural Anthropology, African History, Social Anthropology

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