Africa: Endurance and Change South of the Sahara

by Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch

Book Overview

This masterful synthesis explains how Africa has come to be a land torn by incessant conflict among its impoverished peoples and countries, a continent living through the gravest social revolution of its history, experiencing the world's fastest demographic growth. Weaving together four major themes--population, political power, the peasantry, and the new growth of the cities--Coquery-Vidrovitch demonstrates the need to recognize the extremely complex...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520078810
• ISBN13: 9780520078819
• Release Date: May 1992
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.0"