Africa /
edited by Maria Grosz-Ngaté, John H. Hanson, and Patrick O'Meara.
- Fourth edition.
- 1 online resource (373 pages) : illustrations
"All chapters are freshly conceptualized and written for this fourth edition, many with an expanded scope or integration of topics from previously separate chapters. Previous editions had bibliographic essays, and in this edition we add a new chapter on the availability of electronic information on the internet in addition to published materials."--Preface.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Africa : a geographic frame / Legacies of the past : themes in African history / Social relations : family, kinship, and community / Making a living : African livelihoods / Religions in Africa / Urban spaces, lives, and projects in Africa / Health, illness, and healing in African societies / Visual art in Africa / African music flows / Literature in Africa / African film / African politics and the future of democracy / Development in Africa : tempered hope / Human rights in Africa / Print and electronic resources / James Delehanty -- John Akare Aden and John H. Hanson -- Maria Grosz-Ngaté -- Gracia Clark and Katherine Wiley -- John H. Hanson -- Karen Tranberg Hansen -- Tracy J. Luedke -- Patrick McNaughton and Diane Pelrine -- Daniel B. Reed and Ruth M. Stone -- Eileen Julien -- Akin Adesokan -- Amos Sawyer, Lauren M. MacLean and Carolyn E. Holmes -- Raymond Muhula and Stephen N. Ndegwa -- Takyiwaa Manuh -- Marion Frank-Wilson.