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 heritage of African societies if one is to understand the present or act upon the future of the continent.
- | Author: Catherine Coquery-Vidrovitch
- | Publisher: University of California Press
- | Publication Date: May 29, 1992
- | Number of Pages: 448 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 0520078810
- | ISBN-13: 9780520078819
