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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.
John H. Hanson is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University and an editor of
History in Africa. His research concerns the history of West Africa Muslim communities during the past 200 years.
Patrick O¿Meara is Special Advisor to the Indiana University President, Vice President Emeritus and Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs and Political Science. He was the editor (with Phyllis Martin) of all of the previous editions of
Africa. His interests include South African politics and international development.
List of contents
Preface
Introduction
1. Africa: A Geographic Frame
James Delehanty
2. Legacies of the Past: Themes in African History
John Akare Aden and John H. Hanson
3. Social Relations: Family, Kinship, and Community
Maria Grosz-Ngaté
4. Making a Living: African Livelihoods
Gracia Clark and Katherine Wiley
5. Religions in Africa
John H. Hanson
6. Urban Spaces, Lives, and Projects in Africa
Karen Tranberg Hansen
7. Health, Illness, and Healing in African Societies
Tracy J. Luedke
8. Visual Art in Africa
Patrick McNaughton and Diane Pelrine
9. African Music Flows
Daniel B. Reed and Ruth M. Stone
10. Literature in Africa
Eileen Julien
11. African Film
Akin Adesokan
12. African Politics and the Future of Democracy
Amos Sawyer, Lauren M. MacLean and Carolyn E. Holmes
13. Development in Africa: Tempered Hope
Raymond Muhula and Stephen N. Ndegwa
14. Human Rights in Africa
Takyiwaa Manuh
15. Print and Electronic Resources
Marion Frank-Wilson
Contributors
Index
About the author
Maria Grosz-Ngaté is 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.
John H. Hanson is Associate Professor of History at Indiana University and an editor of
History in Africa. His research concerns the history of West Africa Muslim communities during the past 200 years.
Patrick O'Meara is Special Advisor to the Indiana University President, Vice President Emeritus and Professor of Public and Environmental Affairs and Political Science. He was the editor (with Phyllis Martin) of all of the previous editions of
Africa. His interests include South African politics and international development.
Summary
Focuses on the dynamism and diversity of contemporary Africa. This book emphasizes contemporary culture-civil and social issues, art, religion, and the political scene-and provides an overview of significant themes that bear on Africa's place in the world.
