Drugs in Africa

Charles Ambler, Professor, University of Texas, El Paso, USADmitri van den Berseelaar, Reader in African History, University of Liverpool, UK Neil Carrier, Lecturer, Oxford, UKGernot Klantschnig, Associate Professor, University of Nottingham, Ningbo, ChinaAnn Laudati, Lecturer, University of Bristol, UKSheryl McCurdy, Associate Professor, University of Texas, Houston, USADonna Patterson, Assistant Professor, Wellesley College, USAJustin Willis, University of Durham, UK

• 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

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