Description
Book SynopsisThe definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data.
General Survey
Thoroughly revised and updated analytical articles written by experts on the region and covering both continent-wide and sub-regional issues.
Country Surveys
Individual chapters on every country incorporating:
essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economies
an extensive statistical survey of economic indicators
a full directory containing names, addresses and contact details for key areas such as the government, diplomatic representation, the media, finance, trade and industry, and defence
a useful bibliography, providing sources for further research.
Regional Information
Detailed information on regional organizations; commodities; research institutes;
Table of Contents
PART ONE General Survey
Economic Trends in Africa South of the Sahara
DONALD L. SPARKS
Beyond Françafrique—The State of Relations Between France and Africa
TONY CHAFER
A Century of Development: Policy and Process in Sub-Saharan Africa
MICHAEL JENNINGS
An Analysis of the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa
LEIGHANN SPENCER
PART TWO Country Surveys
Essays on geography, history, and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country:
ANGOLA
Recent History BRAD SAFARIK
Economy BRAD SAFARIK
BENIN
Recent History PAUL MELLY
Economy PAUL MELLY
BOTSWANA
Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY
BURKINA FASO
Recent History BRAM POSTHUMUS
Economy PAUL MELLY
BURUNDI
Recent History DEVON E. A. CURTIS
Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE
CABO VERDE
Recent History GERHARD SEIBERT
Economy GERHARD SEIBERT
CAMEROON
Recent History HELEN WARE
Economy TICKY MONEKOSSO
THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Recent History JUAN FANDOS-RIUS
Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE
CHAD
Recent History MOUDWE DAGA
Economy PAUL MELLY
THE COMOROS
Recent History PAUL MELLY
Economy PAUL MELLY
MAYOTTE
THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE
Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE
THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO
Recent History KATHARINE MURISON
Economy TICKY MONEKOSSO
CÔTE D’IVOIRE
Recent History MARIE GIBERT
Economy MARIE GIBERT
DJIBOUTI
Recent History DAVID STYAN
Economy DAVID STYAN
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
Recent History MARISÉ CASTRO
Economy MARISÉ CASTRO
ERITREA
Recent History WARKA SOLOMON KAHSAY
Economy WARKA SOLOMON KAHSAY
ESWATINI (SWAZILAND)
Recent History HUGH MACMILLAN
Economy DONALD L. SPARKS
ETHIOPIA
Recent History SOLOMON M. GOFIE
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
GABON
Recent History DOUGLAS A. YATES
Economy MEDARD MENGUE BIDZO
THE GAMBIA
Recent History ISAMAIL CEESAY and ESSA NJIE
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
GHANA
Recent History GEORGE M. BOB-MILLIAR
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
GUINEA
Recent History MARIE GIBERT
Economy MARIE GIBERT
GUINEA-BISSAU
Recent History MARIE GIBERT
Economy MARIE GIBERT
KENYA
Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS
Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE
LESOTHO
Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
Economy MALEFA ROSE MALEFANA
LIBERIA
Recent History FRED VAN DER KRAAIJ
Economy FRED VAN DER KRAAIJ
MADAGASCAR
Recent History JULIAN COOKE
Economy JULIAN COOKE
MALAWI
Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
Economy DONALD L. SPARKS
MALI
Recent History STEPHEN HARMON
Economy PAUL MELLY
MAURITANIA
Recent History GIUSEPPE MAIMONE
Economy PAUL MELLY
MAURITIUS
Recent History MANORAMA AKUNG
Economy VERENA TANDRAYEN-RAGOOBUR, SHEEREEN FAUZEL and BOOPEN SEETANAH
MOZAMBIQUE
Recent History MARISÉ CASTRO
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
NAMIBIA
Recent History TERESIA KAULIHOWA, JACOB M. NYAMBE and VALDEMAR J. UNDJI
Economy DONALD L. SPARKS
NIGER
Recent History LUCA RAINERI (based on an earlier article by ABDOURAHMANE IDRISSA)
Economy PAUL MELLY
NIGERIA
Recent History MAX SIOLLUN
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
RÉUNION
Recent History
Economy
RWANDA
Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE
Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE
SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND
TRISTAN DA CUNHA
Recent History
Economy
SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE
Recent History GERHARD SEIBERT
Economy GERHARD SEIBERT
SENEGAL
Recent History MARIE GIBERT
Economy MARIE GIBERT
SEYCHELLES
Recent History KATHARINE MURISON
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
SIERRA LEONE
Recent History LEIGHANN SPENCER
Economy BJÖRN DAHLIN VAN WEES
SOMALIA
Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE (based on an earlier article by ANNA BRUZZONE)
Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE
SOUTH AFRICA
Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY
SOUTH SUDAN
Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE
Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE
SUDAN
Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE
Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE
TANZANIA
Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS
Economy JÖRG WIEGRATZ
TOGO
Recent History KATHARINE MURISON
Economy PAUL MELLY
UGANDA
Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS
Economy JÖRG WIEGRATZ
ZAMBIA
Recent History SISHUWA SISHUWA
Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE
ZIMBABWE
Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS
Economy ALBERT MAKOCHEKANWA
PART THREE Regional Information
REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
MAJOR COMMODITIES OF AFRICA
CALENDARS
RESEARCH INSTITUTES CONCERNED WITH AFRICA
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)
Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:
Manorama Akung. Senior Lecturer in History, Head of Centre for Research on Slavery and Indenture, University of Mauritius.
George M. Bob-Milliar. Senior Lecturer, Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
Anna Bruzzone. Stipendiary Lecturer in European and World History, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Marisé Castro. Researcher, Amnesty International, International Secretariat, London, United Kingdom.
Ismaila Ceesay. Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Head of the Political Science Unit, University of The Gambia, Serrekunda, The Gambia.
Tony Chafer. Professor of African and French Studies, Centre for European and International Studies, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Julian Cooke. Editor of the Anglo-Malagasy Society Newsletter.
Devon E. A. Curtis. Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Moudwe Daga. Usawa Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom.
Björn Dahlin van Wees. Economist specializing in sub-Saharan Africa.
Juan Fandos-Rius. Encyclopaedist and historian of the Central African Republic.
Sheereen Fauzel. Researcher, PhD in Development Economics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius.
Marie Gibert. Visiting Fellow, Centre for European and International Studies Research, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.
Solomon M. Gofie. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
Stephen Harmon. Late Professor of History, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg KS, USA.
Abdourahmane Idrissa. Assistant Professor, African Studies Centre, Leiden University, Netherlands, and Humboldt Researcher,University of Göttingen, Germany.
Michael Jennings. Senior Lecturer in International Development, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom.
Warka Solomon Kahsay. Saint Francis Xavier University, Antogonish, Canada.
Teresia Kaulihowa. Associate Professor of Economics, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia.
Fred van der Kraaij. Economist specializing in Liberia and the Western Sahel.
Robert E. Looney. International consultant specializing in economic development and Distinguished Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA, USA.
Hugh Macmillan. Research Associate, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Giuseppe Maimone. Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, University of Palermo, Italy.
Malefa Rose Malefane. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.
Albert Makochekanwa. Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Zoe Marriage. Reader in Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom.
Paul Melly. Journalist specializing in francophone Africa and Associate Fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), United Kingdom.
Ticky Monekosso. Journalist and researcher specializing in human rights, development issues and related humanitarian affairs in Africa, and founder of Afromedi@net.
Katharine Murison. Former Editor of Africa South of the Sahara.
Essa Njie. Lecturer in Political Science, University of The Gambia, Serrekunda, The Gambia.
Jacob M. Nyambe. Associate Professor of Economics and Executive Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Management and Law, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.
Bram Posthumus. Writer, broadcaster and correspondent covering francophone West Africa.
Luca Raineri. Research Fellow in Security Studies, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy.
Brad Safarik. Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, Universite´ Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers, France, and Associate Researcher, Les Afriques dans le Monde, Institute
d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, France.
Christopher Saunders. Emeritus Professor, Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Boopen Seetanah. Professor, Co-Chair of the WTO Chair Programme and Director of Research at the International Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality, University of Mauritius, Mauritius.
Gerhard Seibert. Associate Researcher, Centre for International Studies, ISCTE—Lisbon University Institute, Portugal.
Max Siollun. Historian and author specializing in Nigeria’s political and military history.
Sishuwa Sishuwa. Lecturer in African History, University of Zambia, Zambia.
Donald L. Sparks. Emeritus Professor of International Economics, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, USA, and Lecturer in International Business, Management Centre Innsbruck, Austria.
Leighann Spencer. PhD candidate, Charles Sturt University, Australia, and Tutor in Justice Studies, La Trobe University, Australia.
David Styan. Department of Politics, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom.
Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur. Associate Professor of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius.
Valdemar J. Undji. Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.
Helen Ware. Professor of Peace Studies, School of Humanities, University of New England, Armidale, Australia.
Jörg Wiegratz. Lecturer in Political Economy of Global Development, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.
Duncan Woodside. Journalist and analyst specializing in economics and conflict in the Great Lakes of Africa.
Ralph Young. Former Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.
Reviews
"This is probably the best reference work available on this part of the African continent." – Reference Reviews
"This edition provides a timely benchmark for the notoriously fluid sub- Saharan region." – RUSI Journal
"A well-balanced, well-judged and remarkably comprehensive volume." – Times Literary Supplement
"This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to African countries and organizations." – International Affairs
"The best thing of its kind on the market." – West Africa
"La più accurata e completa radiografia economico geografica di questa parte di mondo." – Atlante Milan
"Splendid annual survey." – Reference & Research Book News
"A welcome addition to any library shelf." – Africa Events
"Packed with information on countries from Angola to Zimbabwe ... an invaluable reference guide to the Continent." – African Review
