Table of Contents:
- I. Introduction
- 1. Africa: Problems and Perspectives
- 2. The Contemporary Map of Africa
- II. The African Past
- 3. Prehistoric Africa
- 4. Aspects of Early African History
- 5. Islam and African Societies
- 6. Africa and Europe before 1900
- 7. The Colonial Era
- 8. Decolonization, Independence, and the Failure of Politics
- III. Society and Culture
- 9. Social Organization in Africa
- 10. Economic Life in African Villages and Towns
- 11. African Systems of Thought
- 12. African Art
- 13. African Music Performed
- 14. Popular Culture in Urban Africa
- 15. African Literature
- 16. Social Change in Contemporary Africa
- 17. Law and Society in Contemporary Africa
- IV. Economics and Politics
- 18. African Politics since Independence
- 19. Economic Change in Contemporary Africa
- 20. The African Development Crisis
- 21. South Africa
- Africana Resources for Undergraduates: A Bibliographic Essay