"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.
Africa : a geographic frame / James Delehanty
Legacies of the past : themes in African history / John Akare Aden and John H. Hanson
Social relations : family, kinship, and community / Maria Grosz-Ngaté
Making a living : African livelihoods / Gracia Clark and Katherine Wiley
Religions in Africa / John H. Hanson
Urban spaces, lives, and projects in Africa / Karen Tranberg Hansen
Health, illness, and healing in African societies / Tracy J. Luedke
Visual art in Africa / Patrick McNaughton and Diane Pelrine
African music flows / Daniel B. Reed and Ruth M. Stone
Literature in Africa / Eileen Julien
African film / Akin Adesokan
African politics and the future of democracy / Amos Sawyer, Lauren M. MacLean and Carolyn E. Holmes
Development in Africa : tempered hope / Raymond Muhula and Stephen N. Ndegwa
Human rights in Africa / Takyiwaa Manuh
Print and electronic resources / Marion Frank-Wilson.
Africa. ISBN 9780253012920. Published by Indiana University Press in 2014. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.