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Book SynopsisSPECIAL COMMENDATION in Africa's 100 Best Books of the Twentieth Century. The series is illustrated throughout with maps and black and white photographs.Africa has moved from international conflict under foreign domination to struggles for political sovereignty and economic independence. Looking at the changes in Africa's fortunes since 1935, this volume examines the challenges ofnation-building and socio-cultural changes affecting the continent. The series is co-published in Africa with seven publishers, in the United States and Canada by the University of California Press, and in association with the UNESCO Press.
Trade Review... a thousand pages of high-quality scholarly effort, Volume VIII has got to be the bargain work on contemporary African history. - -- Kevin Shillington * CORRUPTION & DEMOCRATISATION *
Ali Mazrui's skilful introduction is essential if one is to identify the key themes that give shape to the text ... distinctive and diverse views on Africa's recent past. - -- David M. Anderson * INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS *
Table of ContentsPart 1 Africa in a decade of world conflicts, 1935-45: the Horn and North Africa, T. Chenntouf; tropical and equatorial Africa under French, Portuguese and Spanish domination, A. Diop, D. Birmingham, I. Hrbek, A. Margarido and D.T. Niane; Africa under British and Belgian domination, M. Crowder. Part 2 The struggle for political sovereignty - from 1945 to independence: seek ye first the political kingdom, Ali A. Mazrui; North Africa and the Horn, I. Hrbek; West Africa, 1945-60, J. Suret-Canale and A. Adu Boahen; equatorial West Africa, E.M' Boloko; the struggle for political sovereignty in Eastern Africa, M. Twaddle, L. Rabearimanana and I.N. Kimambo; Southern Africa, D. Chanaiwa. Part 3 Underdevelopment and the struggle for economic independence: economic changes in Africa, C. Coquery-Vidrovitch; agriculture and rural development, M. Owusu; industrial development and urban growth, P. Kipre; comparative strategies of economic decolonization, A.A. Adedeji. Part 4 Socio-political change since independence: nation-building and changing political values, J. Isawa Elaigwu and Ali A. Mazrui; nation-building and changing political values, J. Ki-Zerbo, Ali A. Mazrui, C. Wondji and A. Adu Boahen. Part 5 Socio-cultural change since independence: religion and social evolution, T. Tshibangu, J.F. Ade Ajayi and L. Sanneh; language and social change, A.I. Sow and M.H. Abdulaziz; the development of modern literature, Ali A. Mazrui, M. de Andrade, M. Alaoui Abdalaoui, D.P. Kunene and J. Vansina; arts and society, J. Vansina; trends in philosophy and science, Ali A. Mazrui, J.F. Ade Ajayi, A. Adu Boahen and T. Tshibangu; education and social change, A. Habte, T. Wagaw and J.F. Ade Ajayi. Part 6 Pan-Africanism - liberation and intregation since 1935: Africa and its diaspora, J.E. Harris and S. Zeghidour; pan-Africanim and regional integration, S.K.B. Asante and D. Chanaiwa; pan-Africanism and liberation, E. Kodjo and D. Chaniawa. Part 7 Independent Africa in world affairs: Africa and the capitalist countries, Chinweizu; Africa and the socialist countries, I.D. Thiam, J. Mulira and C. Wondji; Africa and the developing regions, L. Edmondson; Africa and the United Nations since 1945, E.K. Kouassi; towards the year 2000, Ali A. Mazrui.
