Table of Contents

List of Maps

Volume 1

Algeria … 18

Angola … 26

Archaeology of North and West Africa … 43

Archaeology of Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa … 49

Bénin … 80

Botswana … 91

Burkina Faso … 98

Burundi … 104

Cameroon … 115

Central African Republic … 123

Colonialism in Africa … 152

Congo (Kinshasa) … 173

Volume 2

Egypt … 15

Ethiopia … 29

Gabon … 79

Ghana … 93

Guinea … 107

Origins of Modern Humans … 143

Ivory Coast … 167

Kenya … 179

Volume 3

Liberia … 8

Libya … 12

Madagascar … 37

Malawi … 47

Mali … 51

Mauritania … 70

Minerals and Metals … 77

Morocco … 91

Mozambique … 97

Namibia … 121

Niger … 133

Nigeria … 138

Nile River … 147

Trade Routes and Technology … 154

Rwanda … 216

Volume 4

Senegal … 12

Sierra Leone … 22

Slavery … 28

Somalia … 41

South Africa … 47

Sudan … 65

Sudanic Empires 1200-1600 … 72

Tanzania … 82

Togo … 93

Transportation … 107

Early European Travel and Exploration … 112

Tunisia … 122

Uganda … 128

National Parks and Wildlife Game Preserves … 147

World War II … 157

Zambia … 163

Zimbabwe … 170

Color Plates

Volume 1

Peoples and Cultures

Volume 2

The Land and Its History

Volume 3

Art and Architecture

Volume 4

Daily Life

Volume 1

Preface

A Time Line of Africa

A

Abidjan
Accra
Achebe, Chinua
Addis Ababa
Africa, Study of
Afrikaner Republics
Age and Aging
Agriculture
AIDS
Akan Region
Aksum Alexandria
Algeria
Algiers
Amhara
Amin Dada, Idi
Angola
Animals, Domestic
Annan, Kofi
Antananarivo
Apartheid
Arabs in Africa
Archaeology and Prehistory
Architecture
Art
Asante
Asantewa, Yaa
Askiya Muhammad I
Asma'u, Nana
Atlas Mountains
Azikiwe, Benjamin Nnamdi

B

Bambara
Banda, Ngwazi Hastings Kamuzu
Bantu Peoples
Barghash ibn Sa'id
Barth, Heinrich
Bello, Ahmadu
Ben Bella, Ahmed
Bénin
Benin City
Berbers
Beti, Mongo
Biko, Steve
Blyden, Edward Wilmot
Body Adornment and Clothing
Bokassa, Jean-Bédel
Bornu
Botswana
Boumédienne, Houari
Boundaries in Africa
Bourguiba, Habib
Braide, Garrick Sokari
Brazzaville
Brink, André
Burkina Faso
Burton, Sir Richard Francis
Burundi
Busia, Kofi A.

C

Cabinda
Cabral, Amílcar Lopes
Cairo
Calendars and Time
Camara Laye
Cameroon
Canary Islands
Cape Coloured People
Cape Town
Cape Verde
Carthage
Central African Federation
Central African Republic
Cetshwayo
Chad
Childhood and Adolescence
Chilembwe, John
Chinese in Africa
Christianity in Africa
Cinema
Cities and Urbanization
Class Structure and Caste
Cleopatra
Climate
Coetzee, J. M.
Colenso, John William
Colonialism in Africa
Comoro Islands
Conakry
Congo (Brazzaville)
Congo (Kinshasa)
Congo River
Copts
Correia, Mãe Aurélia
Crafts
Creoles Crowther, Samuel Ajayi

D

Dakar
Dance
Dar es Salaam
Death, Mourning, and Ancestors
De Klerk, Frederik Willem
Deserts and Drought
Development, Economic and Social
Diagne, Blaise
Diaspora, African
Dingiswayo
Diop, Alioune
Diop, Cheikh Anta
Diseases
Divination and Oracles
Djibouti
Du Bois, W. E. B.

E

Éboué, Adolphe-Félix-Sylvestre
Economic History

Index

Volume 2

A Time Line of Africa

E (CONTINUED)

Ecosystems
Education
Egypt, Ancient
Egypt, Modern
Ekwensi, Cyprian
Emin Pasha
Energy and Energy Resources
Equatorial Guinea
Equiano, Olaudah
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Ethiopian Orthodox Church
Ethnic Groups and Identity
Ethnic Groups and Peoples
European Communities

F

Family
Fanon, Frantz
Fasiladas
Festivals and Carnivals
Fishing
Food and Drink
Forests and Forestry
Freetown
French Equatorial Africa
French West Africa
Fugard, Athol
Fulani

G

Gabon
Galawdewos
Gama, Vasco da
Gambia, The
Garvey, Marcus Mosiah
Gender Roles and Sexuality
Genocide and Violence
Ghana
Gikuyu
Global Politics and Africa
Gordimer, Nadine
Gordon, Charles George
Government and Political Systems
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau

H

Haile Selassie I
Harare
Hassan II
Hausa
Head, Bessie
Healing and Medicine
Health Care
Herero
History of Africa
Horton, James Africanus
Houphouët-Boigny, Félix
Houses and Housing
Human Rights
Humans, Early
Hunger and Famine
Hunting and Gathering

I

Ibadan
Ibn Battuta
Igbo
Independence Movements
Indian Communities
Initiation Rites
Irrigation and Flood Control
Islam in Africa
Ivory Coast
Ivory Trade

J

Johannesburg
Johnson, Samuel
Judaism in Africa

K

Kabarega
Kadalie, Clements
Kagwa, Apolo
Kalahari Desert
Kanemi, Muhammad al-Amin al-
Kaunda, Kenneth
Kenya
Kenyatta, Jomo
Khama III and Seretse Khama
Khartoum
Khoisan
Kimbangu, Simon
Kimpa Vita
Kings and Kingship
Kingsley, Mary Henrietta
Kinshasa
Kinship
Kongo
Kourouma, Ahmadou
Kruger, Paul

L

La Guma, Alex
Labor
Lagos
Land Ownership
Languages
Laws and Legal Systems

Index

Volume 3

A Time Line of Africa

L (CONTINUED)

Leakey Family
Lebanese Communities
Lenshina, Alice
Leo Africanus
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Literacy
Literature
Livestock Grazing
Livingstone, David
Lobengula
Lugard, Frederick John Dealtry
Lumumba, Patrice Emery
Luo
Lusaka
Lutuli (Luthuli), Albert

M

Maasai
Macaulay, Herbert Samuel Heelas
Machel, Samora Moises
Madagascar
Maghreb
Mahdi, al-
Maherero, Samuel
Mahfouz, Naguib
Maji Maji
Malawi
Mali
Mami Wata
Mandela, Nelson
Mansa Musa
Mansur, al-
Maps and Mapmaking
Maranke, John
Markets
Marriage Systems
Masks and Masquerades
Mau Mau
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mboya, Tom
Mengistu Haile Mariam
Menilek II
Meroë
Minerals and Mining
Missions and Missionaries
Mobutu Sese Seko
Mogadishu
Moi, Daniel arap
Mondlane, Eduardo Chivambo
Money and Banking
Morocco
Moshoeshoe I
Mossi
Mozambique
Mubarak, Hosni
Mugabe, Robert
Muhammad V
Museveni, Yoweri
Music and Song
Musical Instruments
Mutapa
Mutesa II, Frederick
Mvemba Nzinga
Mythology
Mzilikazi

N

Nairobi
Namibia
Nasser, Gamal Abdel
Nationalism
Ndebele
Negritude
Neocolonialism
Neto, Augustinho
Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Niger
Niger River and Delta
Nigeria
Nile River and Delta
Nkrumah, Kwame
Nongqawuse
North Africa: Geography and Population
North Africa: History and Cultures
Nubia
Nujoma, Samuel Shafiishuna
Number Systems
Nwapa, Flora
Nyerere, Julius Kambarage

O

Obote, Milton
Olympio, Sylvanus Epiphanio
Oral Tradition
Organization of African Unity
Osei Tutu

P

Paton, Alan
Peasantry and Land Settlement
Pereira, Aristides Maria
Pests and Pest Control
Pharaohs
Photography
Plaatje, Sol
Plantation Systems
Plants: Varieties and Uses
Popular Culture
Population
Prempeh, Agyeman
Prophetic Movements
Proverbs and Riddles
Publishing
Pygmies
Pyramids

Q

Qaddafi, Muammar al-
Quaque, Philip
Queens and Queen Mothers

R

Radama I
Radio and Television
Ranavalona, Mada
Rawlings, Jerry
Refugees
Religion and Ritual
Réunion
Rhodes, Cecil John
Rock Art
Roman Africa
Rwanda

Index

Volume 4

A Time Line of Africa

S

Sadat, Anwar
Sahara Desert
Sahel
Sa'id ibn Sultan
Saint Helena
Samba, Chéri
São Tomé and Príncipe
Sarbah, John Mensah
Schreiner, Olive
Secret Societies
Sembène, Ousmane
Senegal
Senghor, Léopold Sédar
Seychelles
Shaaban Robert
Shaka Zulu
Shembe, Isaiah
Shona
Sierra Leone
Slave Trade
Slavery
Smuts, Jan Christiaan
Sobhuza I and II
Somalia
South Africa
Southern Africa, History
Soyinka, Wole
Spirit Possession
Sports and Recreation
Stanley, Henry Morton
Sudan
Sudanic Empires of Western Africa
Suez Canal
Sufism
Sundjata Keïta
Sunni Ali
Susenyos
Swahili
Swaziland

T

Taboo and Sin
Tafawa Balewa, Abubakar
Tanzania
Téwodros
Theater
Thuku, Harry
Timbuktu
Tinabu, Madame
Tippu Tip
Togo
Tombalbaye, François-Ngarta
Touré, Samori
Touré, Sékou
Tourism
Trade
Transportation
Travel and Exploration
Tribalism
Tshombe, Moïse Kapenda
Tuareg
Tubman, William Vacanarat Shadrach
Tunisia
Tutu, Desmond Mpilo
Tutuola, Amos

U

Uganda
Umar ibn Sa'id Tal
Unions and Trade Associations
United Nations in Africa
Uthman dan Fodio

V

Van Riebeeck, Jan
Verwoerd, Hendrik Frensch
Vodun

W

Warfare
West African Trading Settlements
Western Sahara
Wildlife and Game Parks
Witbooi, Hendrik
Witchcraft and Sorcery
Wolof
Women in Africa
World Wars I and II
Writing Systems

X, Y, Z

Xhosa
Yoruba
Zambezi River
Zambia
Zanzibar
Zara Ya'iqob
Zimbabwe
Zulu

Suggested Readings
Photo Credits
Index