Africa South of the Sahara 2004Europa Publications This revised and updated thirty-third edition provides a complete survey of the region including: * Over 1,300 pages of economic and demographic statistics, wide-ranging directory material and authoritative articles * Contributions from over 50 leading experts on African affairs * Incisive analysis of the latest available information. General Survey * Thoroughly revised and updated analytical articles written by acknowledged experts covering the issues affecting the area as a whole: Reforming Africa: Continuities and Changes; Economic Trends in Africa South of the Sahara 2003; The Privatization of Security in Sub-Saharan Africa and European Colonial Rule in Africa * New for this edition: Health and Medical Issues in Sub-Saharan Africa * A political map of contemporary Africa and a chronological list of the dates of independence of African countries. Country Surveys Individual chapters on every country incorporating: * An introductory survey, containing essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economy of each country * An extensive statistical survey of economic indicators, which include area and population, health and welfare, agriculture, forestry, fishing, mining, industry, finance, trade, transport, tourism, media and education * A full directory containing names, addresses and contact numbers for key areas such as the government, political organizations, diplomatic representation, the judiciary, religion, the media, finance, trade and industry, tourism, defence and education * A useful bibliography, providing sources for further research. Regional Information * Detailed information on the following: regional organizations; major commodities; calendars, time reckoning, and weights and measures; research institutes concerned with Africa and a select periodicals bibliography. |
Contents
Calendar of Political Events | 3 |
BURKINA FASO | 32 |
Physical and Social Geography | 39 |
KENYA | 106 |
R J HARRISON CHURCH | 113 |
Economic Trends in Africa South of the Sahara | 117 |
Recent History revised by the editorial staff | 121 |
The Privatization of Security in SubSaharan | 143 |
Economy GILL TUDOR | 784 |
MALAWI | 792 |
Recent History RICHARD BROWN | 801 |
Economy LINDA VAN BUREN | 810 |
Statistical Survey | 816 |
Physical and Social Geography | 829 |
Recent History PIERRE ENGLEBERT | 838 |
Economy EDITH HODGKINSON | 856 |
Economy revised by the editorial staff | 151 |
European Colonial Rule in Africa RICHARD BROWN | 152 |
Outline Political Map of Contemporary Africa | 162 |
ANGOLA | 171 |
Recent History MAREK GARZTECKI | 185 |
BENIN | 194 |
Physical and Social Geography W T W MORGAN | 210 |
Mayotte | 241 |
Bibliography | 260 |
Economy LINDA VAN BUREN | 294 |
Economy FRANÇOIS MISSER | 295 |
Economy EDITH HODGKINSON | 311 |
Statistical Survey | 340 |
Bibliography | 356 |
Directory | 368 |
260 | 419 |
THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO | 432 |
Recent History PIERRE ENGLEBERT | 453 |
LESOTHO | 491 |
Economy EDITH HODGKINSON | 492 |
R J HARRISON CHURCH | 503 |
BOTSWANA | 518 |
Directory | 519 |
Bibliography | 525 |
Physical and Social Geography | 526 |
A MACGREGOR HUTCHESON | 584 |
Statistical Survey | 592 |
Bibliography | 600 |
Economy QUENTIN OUTRAM | 611 |
Directory | 647 |
Bibliography | 654 |
Physical and Social Geography | 741 |
Physical and Social Geography VIRGINIA THOMPSON | 775 |
Physical and Social Geography PIERRE GOUROU | 868 |
Bibliography | 895 |
Recent History BERNARD LANNE | 897 |
Recent History PIERRE ENGLEBERT | 925 |
Physical and Social Geography DAVID HILLING | 968 |
Economy LINDA VAN BUREN | 974 |
Economy RICHARD SYNGE | 1006 |
page | 1016 |
DJIBOUTI | 1039 |
Physical and Social Geography I M LEWIS | 1053 |
Recent History revised by the editorial staff | 1060 |
Recent History THOMAS OFCANSKY | 1061 |
Economy THOMAS OFCANSKY | 1075 |
Physical and Social Geography RENÉ PÉLISSIER | 1094 |
Statistical Survey | 1105 |
Economy EDITH HODGKINSON | 1113 |
Recent History PIERRE ENGLEBERT | 1142 |
Statistical Survey | 1153 |
Bibliography | 1165 |
987 | 1166 |
GEOFFREY J WILLIAMS | 1195 |
Physical and Social Geography RENÉ PÉLISSIER | 1249 |
Recent History MARISÉ CASTRO | 1276 |
Bibliography | 1296 |
Recent History RICHARD BROWN | 1305 |
Statistical Survey | 1312 |
Regional Information | 1326 |
Economy MARISÉ CASTRO | 1327 |
Statistical Survey | 1375 |
Bibliography | 1391 |
Physical and Social Geography MILES SMITHMORRIS | 1412 |
United Nations Development ProgrammeUNDP | 1422 |
Common terms and phrases
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