Understanding Contemporary Africa, 6th ed.

The sixth edition of Understanding Contemporary Africa, and the first under the editorship of Peter J. Schraeder, combines the historic strengths of the previous editions with coverage of new topics suggested over the years by the many instructors who regularly assign the text in their classes. Entirely new chapters on the politics of public health, the changing roles of women, LGBTIQ rights, environmental challenges, and population and urbanization, along with new treatments of such classi...