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The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data. General Survey Thoroughly revised and updated analytical articles written by experts on the region and covering both continent-wide and sub-regional issues. Country Surveys Individual chapters on every country incorporating: essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economies an extensive statistical survey of economic indicators a full directory containing names, addresses and contact details for key areas such as the government, diplomatic representation, the media, finance, trade and industry, and defence a useful bibliography, providing sources for further research. Regional Information Detailed information on regional organizations; commodities; research institutes; and select bibliographies of books and periodicals.

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Author:   Europa Publications
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   52nd edition
Weight:   3.060kg
ISBN:  

9781032272979

ISBN 10:   103227297
Pages:   1580
Publication Date:   08 December 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9781032483351
Format:   Hardback
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"PART ONE General Survey Economic Trends in Africa South of the Sahara DONALD L. SPARKS Beyond Françafrique—The State of Relations Between France and Africa TONY CHAFER A Century of Development: Policy and Process in Sub-Saharan Africa MICHAEL JENNINGS An Analysis of the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa LEIGHANN SPENCER PART TWO Country Surveys Essays on geography, history, and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country: ANGOLA Recent History BRAD SAFARIK Economy BRAD SAFARIK BENIN Recent History PAUL MELLY Economy PAUL MELLY BOTSWANA Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY BURKINA FASO Recent History BRAM POSTHUMUS Economy PAUL MELLY BURUNDI Recent History DEVON E. A. CURTIS Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE CABO VERDE Recent History GERHARD SEIBERT Economy GERHARD SEIBERT CAMEROON Recent History HELEN WARE Economy TICKY MONEKOSSO THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC Recent History JUAN FANDOS-RIUS Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE CHAD Recent History MOUDWE DAGA Economy PAUL MELLY THE COMOROS Recent History PAUL MELLY Economy PAUL MELLY MAYOTTE THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO Recent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy TICKY MONEKOSSO CÔTE D’IVOIRE Recent History MARIE GIBERT Economy MARIE GIBERT DJIBOUTI Recent History DAVID STYAN Economy DAVID STYAN EQUATORIAL GUINEA Recent History MARISÉ CASTRO Economy MARISÉ CASTRO ERITREA Recent History WARKA SOLOMON KAHSAY Economy WARKA SOLOMON KAHSAY ESWATINI (SWAZILAND) Recent History HUGH MACMILLAN Economy DONALD L. SPARKS ETHIOPIA Recent History SOLOMON M. GOFIE Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY GABON Recent History DOUGLAS A. YATES Economy MEDARD MENGUE BIDZO THE GAMBIA Recent History ISAMAIL CEESAY and ESSA NJIE Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY GHANA Recent History GEORGE M. BOB-MILLIAR Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY GUINEA Recent History MARIE GIBERT Economy MARIE GIBERT GUINEA-BISSAU Recent History MARIE GIBERT Economy MARIE GIBERT KENYA Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE LESOTHO Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Economy MALEFA ROSE MALEFANA LIBERIA Recent History FRED VAN DER KRAAIJ Economy FRED VAN DER KRAAIJ MADAGASCAR Recent History JULIAN COOKE Economy JULIAN COOKE MALAWI Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Economy DONALD L. SPARKS MALI Recent History STEPHEN HARMON Economy PAUL MELLY MAURITANIA Recent History GIUSEPPE MAIMONE Economy PAUL MELLY MAURITIUS Recent History MANORAMA AKUNG Economy VERENA TANDRAYEN-RAGOOBUR, SHEEREEN FAUZEL and BOOPEN SEETANAH MOZAMBIQUE Recent History MARISÉ CASTRO Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY NAMIBIA Recent History TERESIA KAULIHOWA, JACOB M. NYAMBE and VALDEMAR J. UNDJI Economy DONALD L. SPARKS NIGER Recent History LUCA RAINERI (based on an earlier article by ABDOURAHMANE IDRISSA) Economy PAUL MELLY NIGERIA Recent History MAX SIOLLUN Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY RÉUNION Recent History Economy RWANDA Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND TRISTAN DA CUNHA Recent History Economy SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE Recent History GERHARD SEIBERT Economy GERHARD SEIBERT SENEGAL Recent History MARIE GIBERT Economy MARIE GIBERT SEYCHELLES Recent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY SIERRA LEONE Recent History LEIGHANN SPENCER Economy BJÖRN DAHLIN VAN WEES SOMALIA Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE (based on an earlier article by ANNA BRUZZONE) Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE SOUTH AFRICA Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY SOUTH SUDAN Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE SUDAN Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE TANZANIA Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS Economy JÖRG WIEGRATZ TOGO Recent History KATHARINE MURISON Economy PAUL MELLY UGANDA Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS Economy JÖRG WIEGRATZ ZAMBIA Recent History SISHUWA SISHUWA Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE ZIMBABWE Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS Economy ALBERT MAKOCHEKANWA PART THREE Regional Information REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MAJOR COMMODITIES OF AFRICA CALENDARS RESEARCH INSTITUTES CONCERNED WITH AFRICA SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS) SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS) Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field: Manorama Akung. Senior Lecturer in History, Head of Centre for Research on Slavery and Indenture, University of Mauritius. George M. Bob-Milliar. Senior Lecturer, Department of History and Political Studies, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana. Anna Bruzzone. Stipendiary Lecturer in European and World History, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Marisé Castro. Researcher, Amnesty International, International Secretariat, London, United Kingdom. Ismaila Ceesay. Senior Lecturer in Political Science and Head of the Political Science Unit, University of The Gambia, Serrekunda, The Gambia. Tony Chafer. Professor of African and French Studies, Centre for European and International Studies, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Julian Cooke. Editor of the Anglo-Malagasy Society Newsletter. Devon E. A. Curtis. Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom. Moudwe Daga. Usawa Fellow, Department of Politics and International Studies, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom. Björn Dahlin van Wees. Economist specializing in sub-Saharan Africa. Juan Fandos-Rius. Encyclopaedist and historian of the Central African Republic. Sheereen Fauzel. Researcher, PhD in Development Economics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius. Marie Gibert. Visiting Fellow, Centre for European and International Studies Research, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom. Solomon M. Gofie. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. Stephen Harmon. Late Professor of History, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg KS, USA. Abdourahmane Idrissa. Assistant Professor, African Studies Centre, Leiden University, Netherlands, and Humboldt Researcher,University of Göttingen, Germany. Michael Jennings. Senior Lecturer in International Development, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom. Warka Solomon Kahsay. Saint Francis Xavier University, Antogonish, Canada. Teresia Kaulihowa. Associate Professor of Economics, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia. Fred van der Kraaij. Economist specializing in Liberia and the Western Sahel. Robert E. Looney. International consultant specializing in economic development and Distinguished Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA, USA. Hugh Macmillan. Research Associate, African Studies Centre, University of Oxford, United Kingdom. Giuseppe Maimone. Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, University of Palermo, Italy. Malefa Rose Malefane. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa. Albert Makochekanwa. Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe. Zoe Marriage. Reader in Development Studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, United Kingdom. Paul Melly. Journalist specializing in francophone Africa and Associate Fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), United Kingdom. Ticky Monekosso. Journalist and researcher specializing in human rights, development issues and related humanitarian affairs in Africa, and founder of Afromedi@net. Katharine Murison. Former Editor of Africa South of the Sahara. Essa Njie. Lecturer in Political Science, University of The Gambia, Serrekunda, The Gambia. Jacob M. Nyambe. Associate Professor of Economics and Executive Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Management and Law, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia. Bram Posthumus. Writer, broadcaster and correspondent covering francophone West Africa. Luca Raineri. Research Fellow in Security Studies, Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy. Brad Safarik. Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, Universite´ Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers, France, and Associate Researcher, Les Afriques dans le Monde, Institute d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, France. Christopher Saunders. Emeritus Professor, Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa. Boopen Seetanah. Professor, Co-Chair of the WTO Chair Programme and Director of Research at the International Centre for Sustainable Tourism and Hospitality, University of Mauritius, Mauritius. Gerhard Seibert. Associate Researcher, Centre for International Studies, ISCTE—Lisbon University Institute, Portugal. Max Siollun. Historian and author specializing in Nigeria’s political and military history. Sishuwa Sishuwa. Lecturer in African History, University of Zambia, Zambia. Donald L. Sparks. Emeritus Professor of International Economics, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, USA, and Lecturer in International Business, Management Centre Innsbruck, Austria. Leighann Spencer. PhD candidate, Charles Sturt University, Australia, and Tutor in Justice Studies, La Trobe University, Australia. David Styan. Department of Politics, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom. Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur. Associate Professor of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius. Valdemar J. Undji. Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia. Helen Ware. Professor of Peace Studies, School of Humanities, University of New England, Armidale, Australia. Jörg Wiegratz. Lecturer in Political Economy of Global Development, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom. Duncan Woodside. Journalist and analyst specializing in economics and conflict in the Great Lakes of Africa. Ralph Young. Former Senior Lecturer, Department of Government, University of Manchester, United Kingdom. Reviews ""This is probably the best reference work available on this part of the African continent."" – Reference Reviews ""This edition provides a timely benchmark for the notoriously fluid sub- Saharan region."" – RUSI Journal ""A well-balanced, well-judged and remarkably comprehensive volume."" – Times Literary Supplement ""This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to African countries and organizations."" – International Affairs ""The best thing of its kind on the market."" – West Africa ""La più accurata e completa radiografia economico geografica di questa parte di mondo."" – Atlante Milan ""Splendid annual survey."" – Reference & Research Book News ""A welcome addition to any library shelf."" – Africa Events ""Packed with information on countries from Angola to Zimbabwe ... an invaluable reference guide to the Continent."" – African Review"

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