The World Today Series: Africa 2025-2026 provides historical background on Africa to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region. Broad introductory regional chapters are followed by sections on each country in the region. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, and students to understand the immediate background of contemporary developments.>

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Lawrence R. Sullivan is a professor emeritus of political science, Adelphi University, and a co-editor and co-translator of Concise Encyclopedia of Green Technology in China **(2023) ****Yangtze! Yangtze! (1989) and The River Dragon Has Come!: The Three Gorges Dam and the Fate of China's Yangtze River and Its People (1998) both by Dai Qing.

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The World Today Series: Africa 2025-2026 is an annually updated presentation of Africa. It provides historical background on Africa to help readers gain a thorough understanding of contemporary developments in this region. Broad introductory chapters are followed by sections on each country in the region. The combination of factual accuracy and up-to-date detail make this an outstanding resource for researchers, practitioners in international development, media professionals, government officials, potential investors, and students to understand the immediate background of contemporary developments.

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Africa Today
Historical background (pre-colonial period)
Prehistoric Africa
Early Civilizations of the Nile Valley and the Mediterranean Sea
The Kingdom of Ethiopia
The Spread of Islam
Arabs and Traders in East Africa
The Empires and Peoples of West Africa
Peoples of Central and Southern Africa
European Discovery and Exploration
Early Ethiopian-European Contact
The Arabs and Ottoman Turks in North Africa
European Settlers in South Africa
The Colonial Period
The Portuguese (about 1550)
The British (about 1660)
The French (about 1830)
The Americans (1835, See Liberia)
King Leopold II and the Belgians (1885)
The Spanish (1885)
The Germans (1885)
The South Africans (1919)
The Italians (1927)
North Africa
Algeria
Egypt
Libya
Morocco
Tunisia
West Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Cote d'Ivoire
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Mauritania
Niger
Nigeria
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo
Central Africa
Burundi
Cameroon
Central African Republic
Chad
Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
Rwana
Sao Tome and Principe
East Africa
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Somalia
The Republic of South Sudan
The Republic of the Sudan
Tanzania
Uganda
Indian Ocean Island Nations
Comoros
Madagascar
Mauritius
Seychelles
Southern Africa
Angola
Botswana
Lesotho
Malawi
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Swaziland
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Web sites and selected bibliography of key English language sources
Index