ABSTRACT

With nearly two hundred and fifty individually signed entries, the Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century African History explores the ways in which the peoples of Africa and their politics, states, societies, economies, environments, cultures and arts were transformed during the course of that Janus-faced century. Overseen by a diverse and distinguished international team of consultant editors, the Encyclopedia provides a thorough examination of the global and local forces that shaped the changes that the continent underwent. Combining essential factual description with evaluation and analysis, the entries tease out patterns from across the continent as a whole, as well as within particular regions and countries: it is the first work of its kind to present such a comprehensive overview of twentieth-century African history. With full indexes and a thematic entry list, together with ample cross-referencing and suggestions for further reading, the Encyclopedia will be welcomed as an essential work of reference by both scholar and student of twentieth-century African history.

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2004

chapter A|43 pages

A

entry |2 pages

Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire

entry |2 pages

Accra, Ghana

entry |2 pages

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

entry |2 pages

African Development Bank

entry |7 pages

African diasporas

entry |7 pages

African religions

entry |7 pages

Agrarian Change

entry |4 pages

Alcohol and Drugs

entry |2 pages

Alexandria, Egypt

entry |3 pages

Algeria

entry |2 pages

Algiers, Algeria

entry |3 pages

Anglophone Africa

entry |3 pages

Angola

entry |2 pages

Antananarivo, Madagascar

entry |3 pages

Arab Maghreb Union

entry |2 pages

Arabic

entry |4 pages

Architecture

entry |2 pages

Asmara, Eritrea

chapter B|15 pages

B

entry |2 pages

Bamako, Mali

entry |2 pages

Bangui, Central African Republic

entry |2 pages

Banjul, Gambia

entry |1 pages

Belgian Congo

entry |2 pages

Benin

entry |2 pages

Bissau, Guinea-Bissau

entry |2 pages

Blantyre, Malawi

entry |3 pages

Botswana

entry |2 pages

Brazzaville, Congo

entry |2 pages

Bujumbura, Burundi

entry |2 pages

Bulawayo, Zimbabwe

entry |2 pages

Burkina Faso

entry |3 pages

Burundi

chapter C|65 pages

C

entry |2 pages

Cairo, Egypt

entry |2 pages

Cameroon

entry |2 pages

Cape Town, South Africa

entry |3 pages

Cape Verde

entry |4 pages

Capitalisms and Capitalists

entry |2 pages

Casablanca, Morocco

entry |5 pages

Central Africa

entry |3 pages

Central African Federation

entry |2 pages

Central African Republic

entry |3 pages

Chad

entry |7 pages

Christian reform movements

entry |7 pages

Christianity

entry |7 pages

Cinema

entry |4 pages

Civil Society

entry |4 pages

Cold War

entry |7 pages

Colonial Africa

entry |7 pages

Colonial Conquest and Resistance

entry |3 pages

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

entry |2 pages

Commonwealth

entry |3 pages

Comoros

entry |2 pages

Conakry, Guinea

entry |2 pages

Congo

entry |1 pages

Congo, Democratic Republic of

entry |2 pages

Côte d'Ivoire

entry |2 pages

Cotonou, Benin

chapter D|30 pages

D

entry |2 pages

Dakar, Senegal

entry |7 pages

Dance

entry |2 pages

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

entry |4 pages

Debt Crises

entry |7 pages

Decolonization

entry |3 pages

Democratic Republic of Congo

entry |7 pages

Development of African History

entry |1 pages

Diasporas

entry |3 pages

Djibouti

entry |2 pages

Douala, Cameroon

entry |2 pages

Durban, South Africa

chapter E|55 pages

E

entry |5 pages

East Africa

entry |3 pages

East African Community

entry |3 pages

Economic Community of West African States

entry |7 pages

Economy

entry |7 pages

Economy

entry |7 pages

Education

entry |7 pages

Education

entry |3 pages

Egypt

entry |7 pages

Environmental Change

entry |8 pages

Environmental Movements

entry |2 pages

Equatorial Guinea

entry |3 pages

Eritrea

entry |3 pages

Ethiopia

entry |3 pages

European Union

chapter F|21 pages

F

entry |6 pages

Families

entry |4 pages

First World War

entry |4 pages

Food Crises

entry |3 pages

Francophone Africa

entry |3 pages

Francophonie

entry |1 pages

Freetown, Sierra Leone

entry |2 pages

French Equatorial Africa

entry |2 pages

French West Africa

entry |3 pages

Fulani

chapter G|25 pages

G

entry |2 pages

Gabon

entry |2 pages

Gaborone, Botswana

entry |3 pages

Gambia

entry |4 pages

Genocides

entry |2 pages

Ghana

entry |8 pages

Globalization

entry |5 pages

Great Depression

entry |3 pages

Great Lakes

entry |2 pages

Guinea

entry |3 pages

Guinea-Bissau

entry |1 pages

Guinea, Equatorial

chapter H|12 pages

H

entry |2 pages

Harare, Zimbabwe

entry |2 pages

Hausa

entry |7 pages

Health and Disease

entry |1 pages

Historiography, African

entry |4 pages

Human Rights

chapter I|30 pages

I

entry |2 pages

Ibadan, Nigeria

entry |1 pages

Integration, Regional

entry |1 pages

Indigenous Religions

entry |7 pages

Intellectuals

entry |7 pages

Intellectuals

entry |3 pages

International Financial Institutions

entry |4 pages

International Trade

entry |7 pages

Islam

entry |6 pages

Islamic Reform Movements

entry |1 pages

Ivory Coast

chapter J|3 pages

J

entry |2 pages

Johannesburg, South Africa

entry |2 pages

Juba, Sudan

chapter K|9 pages

K

entry |2 pages

Kampala, Uganda

entry |2 pages

Kano, Nigeria

entry |3 pages

Kenya

entry |2 pages

Khartoum, Sudan

entry |2 pages

Kigali, Rwanda

entry |2 pages

Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo

entry |1 pages

Kiswahili

entry |2 pages

Kumasi, Ghana

chapter L|33 pages

L

entry |4 pages

Labor Movements

entry |2 pages

Lagos, Nigeria

entry |5 pages

Law

entry |3 pages

League of Arab States

entry |6 pages

Leisure

entry |2 pages

Lesotho

entry |3 pages

Liberia

entry |2 pages

Libya

entry |3 pages

Lingala

entry |7 pages

Literature

entry |2 pages

Lome, Togo

entry |1 pages

Luanda, Angola

entry |1 pages

Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo

entry |1 pages

Lusaka, Zambia

entry |2 pages

Lusophone Africa

chapter M|37 pages

M

entry |2 pages

Madagascar

entry |1 pages

Maghreb

entry |3 pages

Malawi

entry |2 pages

Mali

entry |4 pages

Manufacturing

entry |4 pages

Manufacturing

entry |2 pages

Maputo, Mozambique

entry |2 pages

Maseru, Lesotho

entry |3 pages

Mauritania

entry |2 pages

Mauritius

entry |2 pages

Mbabane, Swaziland

entry |4 pages

Merchants

entry |4 pages

Migrant Labor

entry |2 pages

Mogadishu, Somalia

entry |2 pages

Mombasa, Kenya

entry |2 pages

Monrovia, Liberia

entry |3 pages

Morocco

entry |2 pages

Mozambique

entry |8 pages

Music

chapter N|31 pages

N

entry |2 pages

N'Djamena, Chad

entry |2 pages

Nairobi, Kenya

entry |2 pages

Namibia

entry |7 pages

Nationalist Movements

entry |1 pages

Niamey, Niger

entry |2 pages

Niger

entry |3 pages

Niger Delta

entry |3 pages

Nigeria

entry |4 pages

Non-African Diasporas

entry |3 pages

Non-Aligned Movement

entry |5 pages

Non-Governmental Organizations

entry |5 pages

North Africa

entry |1 pages

Northern Rhodesia

entry |2 pages

Nouakchott, Mauritania

chapter O|5 pages

O

entry |2 pages

Organization of African Unity

entry |3 pages

Organization of the Islamic Conference

entry |2 pages

Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

chapter P|38 pages

P

entry |4 pages

Pan-Africanism

entry |7 pages

Pastoralism

entry |4 pages

Peasant Movements

entry |6 pages

Peasants

entry |4 pages

Plantation Agriculture

entry |6 pages

Population

entry |4 pages

Press

entry |8 pages

Professionals

chapter R|19 pages

R

entry |2 pages

Rabat, Morocco

entry |5 pages

Race and Ethnicity

entry |4 pages

Radio and Television

entry |1 pages

Rain Forest

entry |4 pages

Refugees

entry |4 pages

Regional Integration

entry |1 pages

Religions, African

entry |1 pages

Rhodesia, Northern

entry |1 pages

Rhodesia, Southern

entry |2 pages

Rift Valley

entry |3 pages

Rwanda

chapter S|70 pages

S

entry |2 pages

Sahara

entry |3 pages

São Tomé and Príncipe

entry |2 pages

Savanna

entry |4 pages

Second World War

entry |2 pages

Senegal

entry |4 pages

Sex and Sexuality

entry |3 pages

Seychelles

entry |2 pages

Sierra Leone

entry |4 pages

Slavery

entry |5 pages

Socialisms and Socialists

entry |8 pages

Society

entry |7 pages

Society

entry |2 pages

Somalia

entry |3 pages

South Africa

entry |6 pages

Southern Africa

entry |3 pages

Southern African Development Community

entry |1 pages

Southern African Development Coordination Conference

entry |1 pages

Southern Rhodesia

entry |4 pages

Sports

entry |7 pages

State

entry |7 pages

State

entry |4 pages

Structural Adjustment Programs

entry |3 pages

Sudan

entry |2 pages

Swahili

entry |3 pages

Swaziland

chapter T|32 pages

T

entry |1 pages

Tanganyika

entry |3 pages

Tanzania

entry |5 pages

Telecommunications

entry |1 pages

Television

entry |8 pages

Theater

entry |7 pages

Third World

entry |3 pages

Togo

entry |4 pages

Trading Diasporas

entry |1 pages

Traditional Religions

entry |4 pages

Transport

entry |2 pages

Tripoli, Libya

entry |2 pages

Tropical Rain Forest

entry |2 pages

Tunis, Tunisia

entry |2 pages

Tunisia

chapter U|10 pages

U

entry |2 pages

Uganda

entry |3 pages

United Nations

entry |7 pages

Urbanization

chapter V|7 pages

V

entry |7 pages

Visual Arts

chapter W|20 pages

W

entry |5 pages

West Africa

entry |2 pages

Windhoek, Namibia

entry |9 pages

Women's Movements

entry |7 pages

Workers

entry |1 pages

World Wars

chapter Y|9 pages

Y

entry |2 pages

Yaounde, Cameroon

entry |2 pages

Yoruba

entry |7 pages

Youth

chapter Z|7 pages

Z

entry |1 pages

Zaire

entry |2 pages

Zambia

entry |3 pages

Zanzibar, Tanzania

entry |3 pages

Zimbabwe

entry |2 pages

Zulu