xxii, 482 pages : 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 415-466) and index

Africa : problems and perspectives / Phyllis M. Martin & Patrick O'Meara -- Environment, population, and traditional society / James H. Vaughan -- The contemporary man of Africa / Michael L. McNulty -- Reconstructing the African past / John Lamphear -- Africa's prehistoric past / Patrick J. Munson -- Two basic themes in African history : migration and state formation / John Lamphear -- The spread of Islam / B.G. Martin -- European relations with Africa before 1870 / George E. Brooks -- The Colonial era / Sheldon Gellar -- Decolonization and the struggle for independence / Edmond J. Keller -- Social and political organization in traditional societies / James H. Vaughan -- Economic man in Africa / Harold K. Schneider -- African world view and religion / Hasan El-Shamy -- Traditional arts of Black Africa / Roy Sieber -- Traditional music of Black Africa / Alan P. Merriam -- Economic change in contemporary Africa / Sara S. Berry -- Sociocultural change in contemporary Africa / Michael Armer & Marian Gewirtz -- Political change and authoritarian rule / Ruth Berins Collier -- Development strategies / Richard Stryker -- Modern Africa in literature / Emile Snyder -- Contemporary dimensions of African art / René A. Bravmann -- Changing music in contemporary Africa / John E. Kaemmer -- A case study of the Republic of South Africa / Gwendolen M. Carter -- Africa in world affairs / J. Gus Liebenow

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