Contents

Preface

Introduction

1. Africa: A Geographic Frame

James Delehanty

2. Legacies of the Past: Themes in African History

John Akare Aden and John H. Hanson

3. Social Relations: Family, Kinship, and Community

Maria Grosz-Ngaté

4. Making a Living: African Livelihoods

Gracia Clark and Katherine Wiley

5. Religions in Africa

John H. Hanson

6. Urban Africa: Lives and Projects

Karen Tranberg Hansen

7. Health, Illness, and Healing in African Societies

Tracy J. Luedke

8. Visual Arts in Africa

Patrick McNaughton and Diane Pelrine

9. African Music Flows

Daniel B. Reed and Ruth M. Stone

10. Literature in Africa

Eileen Julien

11. African Film

Akin Adesokan

12. African Politics and the Future of Democracy

Amos Sawyer, Lauren M. MacLean, and Carolyn E. Holmes

13. Development in Africa: Tempered Hope

Raymond Muhula and Stephen N. Ndegwa

14. Human Rights in Africa

Takyiwaa Manuk

15. Print and Electronic Resources

Marion Frank-Wilson

Contributors

Index