Drugs in Africa - Histories and Ethnographies of Use, Trade, and Control

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

List of contents

Introduction by Charles Ambler, Neil Carrier and Gernot Klantschnig Chapter 1 'The Drug Empire: The Control of Drugs in Africa in Global Perspective' by Charles Ambler Chapter 2 'The Rise of Branded Alcoholic Drinks in West Africa' by Dmitri van den Bersselaar Chapter 3 'Histories of Cannabis Use and Control in Nigeria, 1927-1967' by Gernot Klantschnig Chapter 4 'Alcohol Licensing Hours: Time and Temperance in Kenya' by Justin Willis Chapter 5 'A Respectable Chew?: Highs and Lows in the History of Kenyan Khat' by Neil Carrier Chapter 6 'The Illegal Trade in Pharmaceuticals: Historical Cases from West Africa' by Donna Patterson Chapter 7 'Tanzanian Heroin Users and the Realities of Addiction' by Sheryl McCurdy Chapter 8 'Out of the Shadows: Negotiations and Networks in the Cannabis Trade in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo' by Ann Laudati

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Charles H. Ambler, Neil C. M. Carrier, Gernot Klantschnig, Gernot Carrier Klantschnig
• Assisted by: C Ambler (Editor), C. Ambler (Editor), Charles Ambler (Editor), Carrier (Editor), N Carrier (Editor), N. Carrier (Editor), Neil Carrier (Editor), G. Klantschnig (Editor), Gernot Klantschnig (Editor)
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 07.08.2014
• EAN: 9781137321893
• ISBN: 978-1-137-32189-3
• No. of pages: 205
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; B, Sociology, Cultural Studies, Cultural Anthropology, Africa, Anthropology, Ethnology, Social & cultural anthropology, Sociology, general, Social and cultural anthropology, African History, Social Anthropology, Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Sociocultural Anthropology, Africa—History, African Culture, Ethnology—Africa, Africa;alcohol;drugs;ethnography