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A New Book: The African Experience
Vincent B. Khapoya
The African Experience
2013
Pearson
Table of Contents
Features
The African Experience
2013
Pearson
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 students develop a comprehensive and critical understanding of
Africa, one that allows them to grasp the region’s internal dynamics and
its evolving place in the world.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. The Continent and Its People
Chapter 2. African Traditional Institutions
Chapter 3. Political Development in Historic Africa
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
Features
- Provides an overview of the geography, demography, and languages of the African continent.¿ (ex. p. vii)
- Describes the traditional cultural forms and institutions found throughout Africa.¿(ex. Ch. 2)
- Explores African history in terms of state building, alliance formation, and the rise and decline of various kingdoms.¿ (ex. Ch. 3)
- Discusses the African experience under European colonial rule.¿ (ex. Ch. 4)
- Examines African resistance to colonial rule and the influence of external and internal factors on that resistance.¿ (ex. Ch. 5)
- Takes a critical look at progress in Africa in the post-independence era, including assessments of democratic transitions and economic development. (ex. Ch. 7)
- Analyzes the past and present roles played by Africa on the world stage. (ex. Ch. 8)
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