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Africa / edited by Maria Grosz-Ngaté, John H. Hanson, and Patrick O'Meara.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Grosz-Ngaté, Maria Luise, editor of compilation, author.
Hanson, John H., 1956- editor of compilation, author.
O'Meara, Patrick, editor.
Standardized Title:
Africa (2014)
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Africa.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (373 pages) : illustrations
Edition:
Fourth edition.
Place of Publication:
Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2014.
System Details:
text file
Contents:
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.
Notes:
"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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Local Notes:
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2014. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Other Format:
Print version: Africa (2014) Africa.
ISBN:
9780253013026
OCLC:
873805936
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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