Africa and the Gulf region : blurred boundaries and shifting ties / edited by Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf and Dale F. Eickelman.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; 1. Gender and Geography in the Land of Punt; 2. The Queen of Sheba in Yemeni and Ethiopian Mythology; 3. Diasporic Routes: African Passages to the Gulf; 4. The 1964 Zanzibar Genocide: The Politics of Denial; 5. Gulfrica: Blowing the Horn of Light into Afrabia; 6. Neoliberal Challenges and Transnational Lives of Cameroonian Migrants in Dubai; 7. Inclusive Growth, Governance of Natural Resources and Sustainable Development in Africa from a Qatari Perspective

8. Qatar's Food and Water Security: An Evolving Strategy; 9. Healthy Relationships? GCC Global Health Engagement in Africa; About the Contributors; Index

The ties that bind Africa and the Gulf region have deep historical roots that influence both what Braudel called the longue durée and the short-term events of current policy shifts, market-based economic fluctuations, and global and local political vicissitudes. This book, a collaboration of historians, political scientists, development planners, and a biomedical engineer, explores Arabian-African relationships in their many overlapping dimensions. Thus histories constructed from the "bottom up" - records of the everyday activities of commerce, intermarriage, and gender roles - offer an incisi.

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