ABSTRACT

First published in 1965, Africa provides a geographical, political, economic and social description of the continent. Contemporary Africa is a continent of change and revolutions. The diversity and limitations of the African environment gives us a fuller understanding of the explosive dynamism of the African economic and social scene. This book will be of interest to students of geography, economy, anthropology and political science.

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

part I|66 pages

The Physical Basis

chapter 1|10 pages

Geology and Structure

chapter 2|7 pages

Landforms

chapter 3|9 pages

African River Systems

chapter 4|9 pages

Climatology

chapter 5|11 pages

Major Climatic Regions

chapter 6|7 pages

Vegetation

chapter 7|12 pages

Soils

part II|31 pages

Historical and Political Evolution

chapter 8|13 pages

Exploration

chapter 9|17 pages

Colonisation and Partition

part III|36 pages

The Human Geography

chapter 10|12 pages

Population and Society

chapter 11|6 pages

Settlement and Health

chapter 12|7 pages

Farming

chapter 13|10 pages

Minerals, Power and Transport

part IV|72 pages

North-West Africa

chapter 14|8 pages

Geology, Relief and Drainage

chapter 15|9 pages

Climate, Soils and Vegetation

chapter 16|20 pages

Morocco

chapter 17|18 pages

Algeria

chapter 18|14 pages

Tunisia

part V|36 pages

The Sahara

chapter 19|9 pages

The Physical Environment

chapter 20|8 pages

Human and Economic Geography

chapter 21|18 pages

The Saharan States

part VI|70 pages

The Nile Basin and Horn of Africa

chapter 22|9 pages

Geology, Relief and Drainage

chapter 23|9 pages

Climate and Vegetation

chapter 25|20 pages

Egypt

chapter 26|12 pages

The Sudan

chapter 27|10 pages

Ethiopia and Somalia

part VII|53 pages

East Africa

chapter 28|15 pages

Physical Geography

chapter 29|12 pages

Kenya

chapter 30|10 pages

Uganda

chapter 31|14 pages

Tanzania

part VIII|16 pages

The Eastern Islands

chapter 32|10 pages

Malagasy

chapter 33|5 pages

The Mascarene Islands

part IX|56 pages

The Zambezi-Limpopo Lands

chapter 34|11 pages

Physical Geography

chapter 35|12 pages

Rhodesia

chapter 36|13 pages

Zambia

chapter 37|9 pages

Malawi and Moçambique

part X|77 pages

South Africa

chapter 39|7 pages

Structure, Relief and Drainage

chapter 40|11 pages

Climate, Vegetation and Soils

chapter 41|16 pages

Farming

chapter 42|9 pages

Mining

chapter 43|11 pages

Manufacturing, Transport and Trade

chapter 44|14 pages

Population and Settlement

chapter 45|8 pages

Basutoland and Swaziland

part XI|26 pages

South-Western Africa

chapter 46|8 pages

Physical Geography

chapter 48|9 pages

Angola

part XII|40 pages

Equatorial Africa

chapter 49|11 pages

The Land and its People

chapter 50|15 pages

The former Belgian Territories

chapter 51|12 pages

North-western Equatorial Africa

part XIII|58 pages

West Africa

chapter 52|10 pages

Physical Geography

chapter 53|11 pages

Human Geography

chapter 54|18 pages

The Commonwealth Countries

chapter 55|10 pages

The French Community Countries

chapter 56|8 pages

Liberia and the Guinea Lands

part XIV|5 pages

Conclusion