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Since the publication of the first edition of this book in 1977, Africa has established itself as the most popular introductory text for African studies courses in North America. This third edition has been completely revised and brought up to date since the 1986 edition, reflecting changes in African society and politics, and in the scholarship available on this vast and complex continent.ContentsI. Introduction1. Africa: Problems and Perspectives. Phyllis M. Martin and Patrick O'Meara2. The Contemporary Map of Africa. Michael L. McNultyII. The African Past3. Prehistoric Africa. Kathy D. Schick4. Aspects of Early African History. John Lamphear and Toyin Falola5. Islam and African Societies. John H. Hanson6. Africa and Europe before 1900. Curtis A. Keim7. The Colonial Era. Sheldon Gellar8. Decolonization, Independence, and the Failure of Politics. Edmond J. KellerIII. Society and Culture9. Social Organization in Africa. John C. McCall10. Economic Life in African Villages and Towns. Mahir Saul11. African Systems of Thought. Ivan Karp12. African Art. Patrick McNaughton and Diane Pelrine13. African Music Performed. Ruth M. Stone14. Popular Culture in Urban Africa. Dele Jegede15. African Literature. Eileen Julien16. Social Change in Contemporary Africa. Claire Robertson17. Law and Society in Contemporary Africa. Takyiwaa ManuhIV. Economics and Politics18. African Politics since Independence. N. Brian Winchester19. Economic Change in Contemporary Africa. Sara Berry20. The African Development Crisis. Richard Stryker and Stephen N. Ndegwa21. South Africa. C. R. D. Halisi and Patrick O'MearaAfricana Resources for Undergraduates: A Bibliographic Essay. Nancy J. Schmidt
Paperback: 472 pages
Publisher: Indiana University Press; Third Edition edition (August 22, 1995)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0253209846
ISBN-13: 978-0253209849
Product Dimensions: 6.1 x 1.3 x 9.2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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This is a good book to use if you are studying African culture and development. The authors write in a readable style, and also do a good job of seemingly keeping their opinions out of the book. Every section is backed up with facts. Lots of graphs and pictures. This book is slightly outdated, as it lists Zaire as a country, but it is still, by far, the most comprehensive text that I have read on the cultural developments of Africa as a whole and of more specific groups.
wanted to learn as much about Africa as possible short of going which i can't afford to do yet.
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This is a good book to introduce people to Africa and the ethnocentrism of too many writing about it, as perpetrated by one particular page, the beginning of the chapter on Art. The authors suggest that, with much African art having reached Europe, African art influenced art history! The staggering implication is that only Europe has a history of art. What about China, India, Oceania? What about Africa? Do those areas not have a history of art? Although this book is now nearly 20 years old, I would have thought that even in 1995, when it was published, that academics writing about Africa would have got past that kind of ethnocentrism. Unfortunately, this calls to mind the famous statement by Hugh Trevor-Roper, the Oxford don, who, in 1963, said there is no history in Africa: "there is only the history of Europeans in Africa. The rest is darkness."
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