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<p><span>Africa </span><span>2020–2022</span><span> </span><span>provides students with vital information on all countries on the African continent through a thorough and expert overview of political and economic histories, current events, and emerging trends.</span></p>

<p><span>Africa Today</span></p>
<p><span>Historical background (pre-colonial period)</span></p>
<p><span>Prehistoric Africa</span></p>
<p><span>Early Civilizations of the Nile Valley and the Mediterranean Sea</span></p>
<p><span>The Kingdom of Ethiopia</span></p>
<p><span>The Spread of Islam</span></p>
<p><span>Arabs and Traders in East Africa</span></p>
<p><span>The Empires and Peoples of West Africa</span></p>
<p><span>Peoples of Central and Southern Africa</span></p>
<p><span>European Discovery and Exploration</span></p>
<p><span>Early Ethiopian-European Contact</span></p>
<p><span>The Arabs and Ottoman Turks in North Africa</span></p>
<p><span>European Settlers in South Africa</span></p>
<p><span>The Colonial Period</span></p>
<p><span>The Portuguese (about 1550)</span></p>
<p><span>The British (about 1660)</span></p>
<p><span>The French (about 1830)</span></p>
<p><span>The Americans (1835, See Liberia)</span></p>
<p><span>King Leopold II and the Belgians (1885)</span></p>
<p><span>The Spanish (1885)</span></p>
<p><span>The Germans (1885)</span></p>
<p><span>The South Africans (1919)</span></p>
<p><span>The Italians (1927)</span></p>
<p><span>North Africa</span></p>
<p><span>Algeria</span></p>
<p><span>Egypt</span></p>
<p><span>Libya</span></p>
<p><span>Morocco</span></p>
<p><span>Tunisia</span></p>
<p><span>West Africa</span></p>
<p><span>Benin</span></p>
<p><span>Burkina Faso</span></p>
<p><span>Cape Verde</span></p>
<p><span>Cote d’Ivoire</span></p>
<p><span>Gambia</span></p>
<p><span>Ghana</span></p>
<p><span>Guinea</span></p>
<p><span>Guinea-Bissau</span></p>
<p><span>Liberia</span></p>
<p><span>Mali</span></p>
<p><span>Mauritania</span></p>
<p><span>Niger</span></p>
<p><span>Nigeria</span></p>
<p><span>Senegal</span></p>
<p><span>Sierra Leone</span></p>
<p><span>Togo</span></p>
<p><span>Central Africa</span></p>
<p><span>Burundi</span></p>
<p><span>Cameroon</span></p>
<p><span>Central African Republic</span></p>
<p><span>Chad</span></p>
<p><span>Congo</span></p>
<p><span>Democratic Republic of the Congo</span></p>
<p><span>Equatorial Guinea</span></p>
<p><span>Gabon</span></p>
<p><span>Rwana</span></p>
<p><span>Sao Tome and Principe</span></p>
<p><span>East Africa</span></p>
<p><span>Djibouti</span></p>
<p><span>Eritrea</span></p>
<p><span>Ethiopia</span></p>
<p><span>Kenya</span></p>
<p><span>Somalia</span></p>
<p><span>The Republic of South Sudan</span></p>
<p><span>The Republic of the Sudan</span></p>
<p><span>Tanzania</span></p>
<p><span>Uganda</span></p>
<p><span>Indian Ocean Island Nations</span></p>
<p><span>Comoros</span></p>
<p><span>Madagascar</span></p>
<p><span>Mauritius</span></p>
<p><span>Seychelles</span></p>
<p><span>Southern Africa</span></p>
<p><span>Angola</span></p>
<p><span>Botswana</span></p>
<p><span>Lesotho</span></p>
<p><span>Malawi</span></p>
<p><span>Mozambique</span></p>
<p><span>Namibia</span></p>
<p><span>South Africa</span></p>
<p><span>Swaziland</span></p>
<p><span>Zambia</span></p>
<p><span>Zimbabwe</span></p>
<p><span>Web sites and selected bibliography of key English language sources</span></p>
<p><span>Index</span></p>

<p><a></a><a></a><span>Francis Wiafe-Amoako </span><span>is an instructor in International relations and security, international development, comparative politics and African politics at the University of Toronto and Ryerson University in Canada. His research focuses on migration and security issues, conflict management and post-conflict stability, institutional design, and the democratization process in Africa. He is also the Director of The Center for Sustained Domestic Security and Development (CESDOSED). The Center’s main goal is the development of unique and viable institutions for stability and development in Africa. </span><a></a></p>