Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Contents IX
4. Part One INTRODUCTION
5. I. The Interest in Africa 3
6. II. The Physical Background 12
7. III. The Economic Setting 22
8. IV. The Population and Peoples of Africa 51
9. V. The Political Scene in Africa 61
10. Part Two NORTHERN AFRICA
11. VI. The Maghrib and Northwest Africa 77
12. VII. Libya 110
13. VIII. The United Arab Republic (Egypt) 119
14. IX. The Republic of the Sudan 142
15. Part Three WEST AFRICA
16. X. West Africa: Introduction 165
17. XI. West Africa: Land Use 194
18. XII. West Africa: Minerals and Mining 229
19. XIII . Industrialization in West Africa 246
20. Part Four EQUATORIAL AFRICA
21. XIV. Middle Africa from Chad to Congo (Brazzaville) 271
22. XV. The Congo Republic (Leopoldville) 305
23. XVI. Rwanda and Burundi 342
24. Part Five EASTERN AFRICA
25. XVII . Ethiopia 351
26. XVIII . Somalia 365
27. XIX. East Africa 374
28. Part Six SOUTH-CENTRAL AFRICA
29. XX. The Rhodesias and Nyasaland 435
30. XXI. Angola and Mozambique 484
31. Part Seven SOUTHERN AFRICA
32. XXII . The Republic of South Africa 515
33. XXIII . South-West Africa 561
34. XXIV . The High Commission Territories 566
35. Part Eight MADAGASCAR AND THE MASCARENES
36. XXV. Madagascar 585
37. XXVI . The Mascarenes 610
38. Bibliography 619
39. Subject Index 627
40. Index of Geographical Xames 643
41. Picture Credits 655