The History and Practice of Humanitarian Intervention and Aid in Africa

Foreword; Jennifer Welsh Introduction: Enduring Humanitarianisms in Africa; Bronwen Everill and Josiah Kaplan 1. Freetown, Frere Town, and the Kat River Settlement: Nineteenth Century Humanitarian Intervention and Precursors to Modern Refugee Camps; Bronwen Everill 2. Public Health or Public Good? Humanitarian Agendas and the Treatment of Leprosy in Uganda; Kathleen 3. Contraband Charity: German Humanitarianism in Contemporary Kenya; Nina Berman 4. 'Reading' British Armed Humanitarian Intervention in Sierra Leone, 2000-2002; Josiah Kaplan 5. Humanitarian Intervention in the Horn of Africa; Christopher Clapham 6. The Democratic Republic of Congo: The Land of Humanitarian Interventions; Claude Kabemba 7. Humanitarian Aspects of Interventions by the United Nations in Southern Africa; Christopher Saunders 8. The Nigerian Civil War and 'Humanitarian Intervention'; Michael Aaronson 9. Building State Effectiveness: Evolving Donor Approaches to Good Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa; Claire Leigh 10. Beyond Humanitarian Imperialism: The dubious origins of 'Humanitarian Intervention' and some rules for its future; Richard Drayton Conclusion; Bronwen Everill and Josiah Kaplan