"Completely revised and updated edition"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references.

Contents:-v. 1. Basic information / compiled by Pita Adams ... [et al.] -- Comparative statistics / compiled by Alan Rake -- v. 2. Two decades of decline : a burden for the future / Basil Davidson -- The Organization of African Unity / Colin Legum -- Africa's war zones / Andrew Lycett -- The superpowers and Africa / A.M. Babu -- Militarization and economic development in Africa / Eboe Hutchful -- South African politics / Tom Lodge -- South Africa's war on its neighbors / Joseph Hanlon -- Africa and the Commonwealth / Derek Ingram -- The European Community and Africa / Adrian Hewitt -- A survey of the African economies / Michael Hodd -- Africa, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank : adjustment and finance / Tony Killick -- Africa's response to International Monetary Fund-World Bank programs / Bade Onimode -- The African debt crisis / John Loxley -- Banking institutions in Africa / Ann Seidman -- The African underground economy / Janet MacGaffey -- State-sector policies in Africa / Ben Turok -- African regionalism / A. Hazlewood and P. Robson -- African industrial development / Derrick Chitala -- Africa's agrarian malaise / Michael F. Lofchie -- Africa's environmental crisis / Jimoh Omo-Fadaka -- Road transportation in Africa / Peter Guthrie -- Africa's population / John I. Clarke -- Refugees in Africa / Barbara Harrell-Bond, Karim Hussein and Patrick Matlou -- African health and medical services / Cole P. Dodge -- Labor issues and trade unionism in Africa / Nicholas Van Hear and Taffy Adler -- Women in Africa / Efua Graham and Wendy Davies -- Religion and social forces in Africa / Ali A. MAzrui -- Islam in Africa / George Joffe -- Education in Africa / Lalage Bown -- Literature and politics in Africa / Neil Lazarus -- African tourism and business travel / Linda Van Buren -- The media in Africa / Sean Moroney