A History of Africa

3rd Edition
This history has been revised to bring its coverage up to date. Distilled from J.D. Fage's knowledge of the sources, this edition is a narrative history of the continent from its origins to the present day. In this third edition the author discusses: the effect on Africa of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the ending of the Cold War; the rise of Islamic fundamentalism; the continuing problems of famine, foreign debt and warfare throughout the continent; and the tumultuous changes in South Africa leading up to, and resulting from, the 1994 elections...