Description |
xvi, 510 pages : illustrations, maps. ; 24 cm |
Note |
Outgrowth of the Conference on Contemporary Africa sponsored by the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies and held in Washington in August 1954. |
Bibliography |
Bibliographical footnotes. |
Contents |
Africa and the west in historical perspective / Sir Philip Mitchell -- The African cultural background in the modern scene / Melville J. Herskovits -- Africa's strategic significance / Admiral Richard L. Conolly -- Native cultural and social patterns in contemporary Africa / Elizabeth Colson -- The role of Christianity and Islam in contemporary Africa / George W. Carpenter -- The European heritage: Approaches to African development / Paul Henry -- The impact of western education on the African's way of life / Lorenzo D. Turner -- Geography of sub-saharan race relations / Edwin S. Munger -- Fears and pressures in the union of South Africa / Cornelis W. De Kiewiet -- The emergence of African political parties / James S. Coleman -- The communist threat in Africa / Max Yergan -- The gold coast and Nigeria on the road to self-government / Kofi A. Busia -- French Africa and the French union / Kenneth Robinson -- Recent developments in Belgian Africa / Guy Malengreau -- The impact of the United Nations on Africa / Vernon McKay -- Africa's economic potentialities / Peter Ady -- Colonial development and welfare / A. Campbell -- U. S. technical and economic assistance to Africa / E. William Moran Jr. -- Private enterprise in Africa / Bernard Blankenheimer -- The United States and Africa: An American view / Paul H. Nitze -- The United States and Africa: An African view / Kofi A. Busia |
Subject |
Africa.
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Africa. |
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Afrique. |
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