TY - BOOK AU - Veney,Cassandra Rachel TI - U.S.-Africa relations: from Clinton to Obama SN - 9780739190036 (cloth) AV - DT38.7 .U25 2014 U1 - 327.73096 23 KW - United States KW - Foreign relations KW - Africa KW - Congresses KW - Strategic aspects N1 - "The chapters in this edited volume are the result of a conference held in March 2011 at Loyola Marymount University/Los Angeles sponsored by the Institute for Leadership Studies"--Introduction; Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction; Cassandra R. Veney --; Rethinking US-Africa democracy relations in Obama's first term; Rita Kiki Edozie --; Fighting poverty and improving human development in Africa : opportunities for U.S. engagement; John Mukum Mbaku --; US-Africa relations and Africom : problems, possibilities, and limitations; Edmond Keller --; Promoting or resisting change? the United States and the Arab Spring in North Africa with an emphasis on Egypt; Ahmed Ali Salem --; US-Africa relations with the Big Three : Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa; Cassandra R. Veney --; US policy in the Great Lakes Region; Emizet Francois Kisangani --; Black man's burden : African American celebrities and philanthropy; Zine Mugabane --; The African diaspora's role in forging US-Africa relations; Paul Tiyambe Zeleza ER -