Description
This invaluable dictionary provides an essential guide to the politics and economics of the African continent. Each individual entry provides clear and concise information, and entries are fully cross-referenced to enhance the book’s usability. Organizations listed include contact details wherever possible. Key features: * Provides authoritative up-to-date information on a region which is changing fast, and for which reliable data is often hard to locate * Each country’s recent history and economy are described and analysed in separate essays Entries include: Apartheid Central African Republic Christianity Colonialism Development Aid Genocide Great Lakes International Monetary Fund Languages Mining Nelson Mandela Tobacco Uganda The 54 countries covered comprise: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, C te d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, S o Tom and Pr ncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Spanish North Africa (Ceuta and Melilla), Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe
