Africa, Fourth Edition

edited by Maria Grosz-Ngaté, Victoria Bernal, edited by John H. Hanson, Sandra E. Greene, edited by Patrick O'Meara, Michael Lambert, with contributions by James Delehanty, Dorothy L. Hodgson, with contributions by Jonathan Aden, Leonardo A. Villalón, with contributions by Gracia C. Clark, Katherine Ann Wiley, Karen Tranberg Hansen, Tracy J. Luedke, Patrick McNaughton, Diane M. Pelrine, Daniel B. Reed, Ruth M. Stone, Eileen M. Julien, Akinwumi Adesokan, Amos Sawyer, Lauren Morris MacLean, Carolyn E. Holmes, Raymond Muhula, Stephen N. Ndegwa, Takyiwaa Manuh, Marion Frank-Wilson, Victoria Bernal, Sandra E. Greene, Michael Lambert, Dorothy L. Hodgson, Leonardo A. Villalón

Maria Grosz-Ngat¿s an anthropologist and Associate Director of the African Studies Program at Indiana University. She has conducted long-term research in Mali and Senegal with a focus on rural social transformations, gender, and Islam.

PrefaceIntroduction1. Africa: A Geographic FrameJames Delehanty2. Legacies of the Past: Themes in African HistoryJohn Akare Aden and John H. Hanson3. Social Relations: Family, Kinship, and CommunityMaria Grosz-Ngaté4. Making a Living: African LivelihoodsGracia Clark and Katherine Wiley5. Religions in AfricaJohn H. Hanson6. Urban Spaces, Lives, and Projects in AfricaKaren Tranberg Hansen7. Health, Illness, and Healing in African SocietiesTracy J. Luedke8. Visual Art in AfricaPatrick McNaughton and Diane Pelrine9. African Music FlowsDaniel B. Reed and Ruth M. Stone10. Literature in AfricaEileen Julien11. African FilmAkin Adesokan12. African Politics and the Future of DemocracyAmos Sawyer, Lauren M. MacLean and Carolyn E. Holmes13. Development in Africa: Tempered HopeRaymond Muhula and Stephen N. Ndegwa14. Human Rights in AfricaTakyiwaa Manuh15. Print and Electronic ResourcesMarion Frank-WilsonContributorsIndex