Understanding contemporary Africa

Africa: a geographic preface / Jeffrey W. Neff

The historical context / Thomas O'Toole

African politics / Donald L. Gordon

The economies of Africa / Virginia DeLancey

African international relations / Peter J. Schraeder

Population, urbanization, and AIDS / April A. Gordon

Africa's environmental problems / Julius E. Nyang'oro

Family and kinship / Eugenia Shanklin and April A. Gordon

Women and development / April A. Gordon

Religion in Africa / Ambrose Moyo

African literature / George Joseph

Trends and prospects / April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon.

Africa : a geographic preface / Jeffrey W. Neff

The moving ITCZ

Natural regions

Continents adrift

The historical context / Thomas O'Toole

The peopling of Africa

Political patterns of the past

Trade, exploration, and conquest

The colonial period

African politics / Donald L. Gordon

The impact of colonialism

Nationalism and the politics of independence

The transfer of power

Independence

The centralization of state power

Patronage, the patrimonial state, and personal rule

Military intervention

The political economy of decline

State and society in crisis

Structural adjustment and the reordering of the state

Beyond autocracy : political liberalization and democratization

The economies of Africa / Virginia DeLancey

Precolonial economies

The influence of colonialism

Postcolonial development strategies

Current issues

African international relations / Peter J. Schraeder

The dependency-decolonization debate

The formulation and implementation of African foreign policies

Pan-Africanism and the organization of African unity

Regional economic cooperation and integration

The role of foreign powers in African international relations

The UN and international financial institutions

The changing equation of military intervention

Toward the future

Population, urbanization, and AIDS / April A. Gordon

Precolonial and colonial periods

Postindependence trends

Family planning

Urban population policy

AIDS in Africa

Africa's environmental problems / Julius E. Nyang'oro

The environment in Africa

Contemporary problems of the African environment

Development and the environment

Other issues of environmental concern

Family and kinship / Eugenia Shanklin

African kinship and marriage

New areas of study and holdovers from the past in contemporary African societies

Challenges to contemporary African kinship systems

Women and development / April A. Gordon

Women in precolonial Africa

European penetration

The postindependence period

Women in the economy

Women and politics

Women's groups and gender reform efforts

Prospects of African women

Religion in Africa / Ambrose Moyo

African traditional religions

Christianity in Africa

Islam in Africa

African literature / George Joseph

African oral literature

Written literature in African languages

African literature in European languages

Trends and prospects / April A. Gordon, Donald L. Gordon

Poverty reduction

Debt

Trade and investment

Aid

Information technology

Basic political data.