Africa 2024-2025

by Lawrence R. Sullivan

Overview

The World Today Series: Africa provides students with vital information on all countries on the African continent through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends. Each country is examined through the following sections: Basic Facts; Land and People; The Past: Political and Economic History; The Present: Contemporary Issues; and The Future. In addition to country chapters, the book features extended essays on Africa’s Historical Background and the Colonial Period. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail along with its informed projections make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors and students. The content is thorough yet perfect for a one-semester introductory course or general library reference. Available in both print and e-book formats and priced low to fit student and library budgets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781538185780
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	09/03/2024
Series:	World Today (Stryker)
Pages:	396
Product dimensions:	8.55(w) x 10.99(h) x 0.99(d)

About the Author

Lawrence R. Sullivan is a professor emeritus of political science, Adelphi University, and a co-editor and co-translator of Concise Encyclopedia of Green Technology in China(2023) Yangtze! Yangtze! (1989) and The River Dragon Has Come!: The Three Gorges Dam and the Fate of China’s Yangtze River and Its People (1998) both by Dai Qing.

Table of Contents

Africa Today

Historical background (pre-colonial period)

Prehistoric Africa

Early Civilizations of the Nile Valley and the Mediterranean Sea

The Kingdom of Ethiopia

The Spread of Islam

Arabs and Traders in East Africa

The Empires and Peoples of West Africa

Peoples of Central and Southern Africa

European Discovery and Exploration

Early Ethiopian-European Contact

The Arabs and Ottoman Turks in North Africa

European Settlers in South Africa

The Colonial Period

The Portuguese (about 1550)

The British (about 1660)

The French (about 1830)

The Americans (1835, See Liberia)

King Leopold II and the Belgians (1885)

The Spanish (1885)

The Germans (1885)

The South Africans (1919)

The Italians (1927)

North Africa

Algeria

Egypt

Libya

Morocco

Tunisia

West Africa

Benin

Burkina Faso

Cape Verde

Cote d’Ivoire

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Liberia

Mali

Mauritania

Niger

Nigeria

Senegal

Sierra Leone

Togo

Central Africa

Burundi

Cameroon

Central African Republic

Chad

Congo

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Equatorial Guinea

Gabon

Rwana

Sao Tome and Principe

East Africa

Djibouti

Eritrea

Ethiopia

Kenya

Somalia

The Republic of South Sudan

The Republic of the Sudan

Tanzania

Uganda

Indian Ocean Island Nations

Comoros

Madagascar

Mauritius

Seychelles

Southern Africa

Angola

Botswana

Lesotho

Malawi

Mozambique

Namibia

South Africa

Swaziland

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Web sites and selected bibliography of key English language sources

Index