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Understanding Contemporary Africa

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Language: English
Published/Copyright: 2007

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An up-to-date, multidisciplinary book designed for “Introduction to Africa” and “African Politics” courses.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Contents

    V
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    List of Illustrations

    IX
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    Preface

    XI
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    1 Introduction

    1
    April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon
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    2 Africa: A Geographic Preface

    7
    Jeffrey W. Neff
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    3 The Historical Context

    23
    Thomas O’Toole
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    4 African Politics

    57
    Donald L. Gordon
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    5 The Economies of Africa

    109
    Virginia DeLancey
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    6 African International Relations

    155
    Peter J. Schraeder
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    7 Population, Urbanization, and AIDS

    203
    April A. Gordon
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    8 Africa's Environmental Problems

    235
    Julius E. Nyang’oro
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    9 Family and Kinship

    265
    Eugenia Shanklin
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    10 Women and Development

    293
    April A. Gordon
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    11 Religion in Africa

    317
    Ambrose Moyo
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    12 African Literature

    351
    George Joseph
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    13 Trends and Prospects

    397
    April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon
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    List of Acronyms

    417
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    Glossary

    421
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    Basic Political Data

    435
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    The Contributors

    453
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    Index

    455
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    About the Book

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October 31, 2006
eBook ISBN:
9781685855529
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4th edition
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477
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This book is in the series
Understanding: Introductions to the States and Regions of the Contemporary World
https://doi.org/10.1515/9781685855529
eBook ISBN: 9781685855529
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