Africa and the War on Drugs

by Neil Carrier and Gernot Klantschnig

Book Overview

Nigerian drug lords in UK prisons, khat-chewing Somali pirates hijacking Western ships, crystal meth-smoking gangs controlling South Africa's streets, and narco-traffickers corrupting the state in Guinea-Bissau: these are some of the vivid images surrounding drugs in Africa which have alarmed policymakers, academics and the general public in recent years. In this revealing and original book, the authors weave these aspects into a provocative argument...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848139667
• ISBN13: 9781848139664
• Release Date: October 2012
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 7.6"