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Edition:3rd ed.
Imprint:Bloomington : Indiana University Press, c1995.
Description:xiv, 448 p.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2367871
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Other authors / contributors:Martin, Phyllis.
O'Meara, Patrick.
ISBN:0253329167 (alk. paper)
0253209846 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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