Africa Beyond Wars, Diseases & Disasters. Answers to the 101 Most Commonly Asked Questions

出版者:Lightning Source Inc

作者:Igboaka, Primus , Chukwuemelia

页数:360

出版时间:2005-2

价格:$ 22.54

装帧:Pap

isbn号码:9781418451745

具体描述

AFRICA: ... LITTLE BUT UNKNOWN FACTS. Just new in the market. A must read for everyone that wants to know Africa from a real perspective of Africans as never written or told before. Refresh your memories with these questions about Africa.... If you think you know Africa well. Do you know why the Ibos are called the "Jews of Africa?" Do you know that some African tribes trace their ancestry to Baghdad and Yemen in the Middle East? Does it take acts of terrorism in Kenya and Tanzania and the recent bombing of Israeli Hotel in Kenya for you to know that Africa is part of the world that must be secured if the War on Terror is to succeed? Do you know why Prince William chose "Out of Africa" as the theme of his 21st birthday regarded as the Rite of Passage' in African context? Do you know that female circumcision is a crime in some African countries and recently more African nations have imposed penalties of five to ten years' imprisonment against anybody that circumcised her daughter? Are you aware that economic and changing cultural forces coupled with the campaign by UN-funded family planning agencies' campaigns are redrawing Africa's family size and population more than HIV/AIDS or as a result of any epidemic that plagues the African continent? Do you know that females dominantly populate African schools, from Elementary Schools, High Schools, Colleges and Universities? If your answers to these questions are still in doubt... then this book is a must read. It is a thrilling book with real facts, figures and opinions of subjects from various corners of African continent as never seen in any book published before. Africa Beyond Wars, Diseases and Disasters. 101 Answers to Your Questions.You Asked For This Book. Is a true, honest responses to your curious questions from across Bahamas, to North and South America. From blacks and whites across racial and religious boundaries - including people at the shopping malls, recreation parks, colleges and Universities and on the streets. These answers are based on interactive face-to-face questions and answer sessions compressed into a book. And some of the questions and answers aren't funny.

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这本书的语言风格似乎非常注重逻辑的严谨性和论证的层次感。即便我尚未细读内文，仅凭其标题的架构和对“101个最常见问题”的承诺，就能感受到一种对信息结构化处理的偏执追求。这暗示着作者在筛选和组织材料时，必然经历了一个极其严格的筛选过程，力求剔除冗余，保留核心的知识点。我预感这本书在处理历史事件或复杂地缘政治时，会采取一种抽丝剥茧的方式，用简练的语言梳理出一条清晰的因果链条。这种对清晰度的追求，对于一个涉及如此庞大地理范围和跨学科内容的议题来说，是至关重要的。它让人联想到那些经典的外交手册或百科全书的严谨性，但又似乎融入了现代传播学的易读性，力求在学术深度与大众可读性之间找到一个完美的平衡点。

这本书给人的第一印象是其强大的“信息密度”和“包容性”。它似乎野心勃勃地想要囊括非洲大陆所有核心议题的概览，从宏观的历史脉络到微观的社会现实，都试图留有一席之地。这种试图“一网打尽”的尝试本身就令人钦佩，但也带来了一个潜在的挑战：如何确保在提供广度的同时，不牺牲必要的深度？从其标题透露出的信息来看，作者选择了一种“广而深”的策略，通过分门别类的问答，将复杂的面貌切割成可消化的块状知识。这提供了一种独特的阅读体验——读者可以根据自己的兴趣点，直接跳跃到特定的主题进行探索，而无需被其他不感兴趣的内容所牵绊。它像是一个精心策划的知识矩阵，允许读者按照自己的节奏和需求，构建自己的非洲知识图谱，这种灵活性是很多传统专著所不具备的。

从整体的氛围来看，这本书似乎在试图营造一种既严肃又充满希望的基调。它不像某些学术著作那样高高在上，也不像某些纪实文学那样过于强调悲情叙事。它更像是一个耐心而知识渊博的向导，面对读者提出的每一个疑问，都愿意停下来，用清晰的语言进行阐释。这种“提问-解答”的结构，本身就带有一种强烈的互动感，仿佛作者正与每一位读者进行一场深入的、不被打断的对话。我尤其欣赏这种以提问为导向的写作方法，因为它能确保讨论的主题紧密围绕着读者最关心、最困惑的点展开，极大地增强了内容的实用性和相关性。这种务实的态度，使得这本书很可能成为一本可以随时翻阅、随时从中汲取营养的参考工具书，而非只能从头读到尾的线性文本。它承诺的，是一种“即查即用”的知识获取体验。

这本书的作者似乎拥有非常细腻的洞察力，从目录的结构中就能感受到那种试图穿透表象直达本质的努力。我注意到它并没有将非洲视为一个单一的实体来论述，而是通过一系列具体的问题，去解构和重构我们对这片大陆的传统认知。这种“解构”的过程本身就充满了张力，它暗示着作者不仅要回答“是什么”，更要深究“为什么”和“如何是”。我特别好奇它在处理那些敏感或争议性话题时会采取何种视角和论据支撑，毕竟，要在一个包含“战争、疾病与灾难”的宏大主题下保持平衡和客观，绝非易事。它给我的感觉是，这不是一本写给特定群体的“内部读物”，而是一份面向全球读者的、旨在促进理解与对话的邀请函。那种追求全面的视角，力求涵盖不同领域、不同层面的信息整合，让人对阅读的深度和广度充满了期待。它似乎在努力搭建一座桥梁，连接起西方世界对非洲的刻板印象与非洲大陆自身的复杂现实。

这本书的封面设计着实引人注目，那种强烈的色彩对比和充满力量感的字体，一下子就把读者的注意力牢牢抓住了。我特别喜欢它那种既有历史厚重感又不失现代活力的视觉语言。初次翻开，感觉作者在开篇就展现了一种宏大的叙事视野，仿佛在邀请读者一同踏上一段探索非洲大陆复杂多维现实的旅程。虽然我还没有深入阅读具体章节，但从排版和章节划分来看，这本书显然是经过精心编排的，逻辑性很强，让人有一种可以信赖的专业感。我期待着它能用一种既不失深度又不至于过于晦涩难懂的方式，为我揭示非洲大陆那些深层次的议题，而不是仅仅停留在表面的新闻报道。那种希望通过结构化的问答形式来系统梳理复杂问题的尝试，本身就极具启发性，让人觉得这本书不仅仅是信息堆砌，更像是一份精心绘制的导航图，指引我们在非洲的广袤土地上找到清晰的脉络。这种编排方式，对于初学者或者想要系统回顾知识的人来说，无疑是极大的便利，它似乎在承诺一个高效的学习体验。