304 Pages
    by Routledge

    304 Pages
    by Routledge

    Updated in its 4th edition, The African Experience is the only interdisciplinary survey to examine this region of the world from geographic, linguistic, social, historical, and political perspectives. Drawing on research from all of the social sciences, this text captures Africa in its complex totality. The African Experience helps readers develop a comprehensive and critical understanding of Africa, one that allows them to grasp the regions internal dynamics and its evolving place in the world.

    Chapter 1 Africa: The Continent and Its People; Chapter 2 African Traditional Institutions; Chapter 3 Political Development in Historic Africa, James D. Graham; Chapter 4 Colonialism and the African Experience; Chapter 5 African Nationalism and the Struggle for Freedom; Chapter 6 African Independence: The First Thirty Years; Chapter 7 The African Struggle for Democracy and Free Markets; Chapter 8 Africa in World Affairs;

    Biography

    Vincent B. Khapoya

    'The African Experience is a masterpiece written by a passionate African scholar. This book is a must-read for any student of Africa.' Saneta Maiko, Indiana University/Purdue University

    'Khapoya deftly integrates the particular and the general to present a compelling scholarly view of Africa's past and present.' Benedict Carton, George Mason University