The African Experience (4e)

The African Experience is the only interdisciplinary survey to examine this region of the world from geographic, linguistic, social, historical, and political perspectives.

Drawing on research from all of the social sciences, this text captures Africa in its complex totality. The African Experience helps students develop a comprehensive and critical understanding of Africa, one that allows them to grasp the region’s internal dynamics and its evolving place in the world.

Learning Goals

•        Understand the history and political development of the African continent.
•        Analyze the effects of culture, history, politics, and European imperialism on the African people.

Chapter 1. The Continent and Its People

Chapter 2. African Traditional Institutions

Chapter 3. Political Development in Historic Africa

Chapter 4. Colonialism and the African Experience

Chapter 5. African Nationalism and the Struggle for Freedom

Chapter 6. African Independence: The First Thirty Years

Chapter 7. The African Struggle for Democracy and Free Markets

Chapter 8. Africa in World Affairs

• Chapter 1, “The Continent and Its People” was updated with the most recent demographic data and includes information on Africa’s newest nation—the Republic of South Sudan. (ex. p. 7)

• In Chapter 4, “Colonialism and the African Experience,” additional evidence of German brutality is provided in the form of the German government’s admission that what happened to the Nama and Herero people in Namibia could be described as genocide. (ex. p. 121)

• Analysis of the Arab Spring in North Africa is provided throughout the text.

• Updated coverage of the African Union assesses how effectively the organization is articulating and protecting African interests, especially in Darfur and Libya. (ex. p. 248)

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