Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: -- Foreword; Jennifer Welsh -- Intr oduction: Enduring Humanitarianisms in Africa; Bronwen Everill and Josi ah Kaplan -- 1. Freetown, Frere Town, and the Kat River Settlement: Nin eteenth Century Humanitarian Intervention and Precursors to Modern Refu gee Camps; Bronwen Everill -- 2. Public Health or Public Good? Humanita rian Agendas and the Treatment of Leprosy in Uganda; Kathleen 3. Contra band Charity: German Humanitarianism in Contemporary Kenya; Nina Berman -- 4. 'Reading' British Armed Humanitarian Intervention in Sierra Leon e, 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. Humanitar ian Aspects of Interventions by the United Nations in Southern Africa; Christopher Saunders -- 8. The Nigerian Civil War and 'Humanitarian Int ervention'; Michael Aaronson -- 9. Building State Effectiveness: Evolvi ng Donor Approaches to Good Governance in Sub-Saharan Africa; Claire Le igh -- 10. Beyond Humanitarian Imperialism: The dubious origins of 'Hum anitarian Intervention' and some rules for its future; Richard Drayton -- Conclusion; Bronwen Everill and Josiah Kaplan.