Africa South of the Sahara 2026

55. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-041-05287-6
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 1610 Seiten, Format (B × H): 210 mm x 280 mm

Reihe: Africa South of the Sahara

The definitive one-volume guide to all sub-Saharan African countries, providing invaluable economic, political, statistical and directory data.

General Survey

Thoroughly revised and updated analytical articles written by experts on the region and covering both continent-wide and sub-regional issues.

Country Surveys

Individual chapters on every country incorporating:

essays on the physical and social geography, recent history and economies

an extensive statistical survey of economic indicators

a full directory containing names, addresses and contact details for key areas such as the government, diplomatic representation, the media, finance, trade and industry, and defence

a useful bibliography, providing sources for further research.

Regional Information

Detailed information on regional organizations; commodities; research institutes; and select bibliographies of books and periodicals.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Jahrbücher, Jahresbände und Almanache
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines Enzyklopädien, Nachschlagewerke, Wörterbücher

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART ONE General Survey

The Sahel Today: Security, Sovereignty and Change

MUHAMMAD DAN SULEIMAN

Economic Trends in Africa South of the Sahara

DONALD L. SPARKS

Climate Change in Sub-Saharan Africa

ROBERT E. LOONEY

Beyond Françafrique—The State of Relations Between France and Africa

TONY CHAFER

A Century of Development: Policy and Process in Sub-Saharan Africa

MICHAEL JENNINGS

An Analysis of the Rule of Law in Sub-Saharan Africa

LEIGHANN SPENCER

PART TWO Country Surveys

Essays on geography, history, and economy, as well as statistical surveys, directories and bibliographies for each country:

ANGOLA

Recent History BRAD SAFARIK

Economy BRAD SAFARIK

BENIN

Recent History PAUL MELLY

Economy PAUL MELLY

BOTSWANA

Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY

BURKINA FASO

Recent History BRAM POSTHUMUS

Economy PAUL MELLY

BURUNDI

Recent History DEVON E. A. CURTIS

Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

CABO VERDE

Recent History GERHARD SEIBERT

Economy GERHARD SEIBERT

CAMEROON

Recent History DAVID KIWUWA and EMMANUEL SARPONG

Economy TICKY MONEKOSSO

THE CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

Recent History JUAN FANDOS-RIUS

Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

CHAD

Recent History HELGA DICKOW

Economy PAUL MELLY

THE COMOROS

Recent History PAUL MELLY

Economy PAUL MELLY

MAYOTTE

THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE

Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

THE REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO

Recent History KATHARINE MURISON

Economy TICKY MONEKOSSO

CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Recent History BRAM POSTHUMUS

Economy MARIE GIBERT

DJIBOUTI

Recent History DAVID STYAN

Economy DAVID STYAN

EQUATORIAL GUINEA

Recent History MARISÉ CASTRO

Economy MARISÉ CASTRO

ERITREA

Recent History WARKA SOLOMON KAHSAY

Economy WARKA SOLOMON KAHSAY

ESWATINI (SWAZILAND)

Recent History HUGH MACMILLAN

Economy HUGH MACMILLAN

ETHIOPIA

Recent History SOLOMON M. GOFIE

Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

GABON

Recent History DOUGLAS A. YATES

Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

THE GAMBIA

Recent History SATANG NABANEH

Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

GHANA

Recent History ENOCH RANDY AIKINS

Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

GUINEA

Recent History BRAM POSTHUMUS

Economy MARIE GIBERT

GUINEA-BISSAU

Recent History BRAM POSTHUMUS

Economy MARIE GIBERT

KENYA

Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS

Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

LESOTHO

Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

Economy MALEFA ROSE MALEFANA

LIBERIA

Recent History RICHARD LAPPIN

Economy FRED VAN DER KRAAIJ

MADAGASCAR

Recent History JULIAN COOKE

Economy JULIAN COOKE

MALAWI

Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

MALI

Recent History BRAM POSTHUMUS

Economy PAUL MELLY

MAURITANIA

Recent History GIUSEPPE MAIMONE

Economy PAUL MELLY

MAURITIUS

Recent History MANORAMA AKUNG

Economy SHEEREEN FAUZEL, VERENA TANDRAYEN-RAGOOBUR and BOOPEN SEETANAH

MOZAMBIQUE

Recent History MARISÉ CASTRO

Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

NAMIBIA

Recent History TERESIA KAULIHOWA, JACOB M. NYAMBE and VALDEMAR J. UNDJI

Economy DONALD L. SPARKS

NIGER

Recent History OLAYINKA AJALA

Economy PAUL MELLY

NIGERIA

Recent History OLAJUMOKE (JUMO) AYANDELE

Economy AFOLABI ADEKAIYAOJA

RÉUNION

Recent History

Economy

RWANDA

Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE

Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

SAINT HELENA, ASCENSION AND

TRISTAN DA CUNHA

Recent History

Economy

SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE

Recent History GERHARD SEIBERT

Economy GERHARD SEIBERT

SENEGAL

Recent History AMAKA EMORDI

Economy MARIE GIBERT

SEYCHELLES

Recent History KATHARINE MURISON

Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

SIERRA LEONE

Recent History LEIGHANN SPENCER

Economy AFOLABI ADEKAIYAOJA

SOMALIA

Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE (based on an earlier article by ANNA BRUZZONE)

Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE (based on an earlier article by ANNA BRUZZONE)

SOUTH AFRICA

Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

Economy ROBERT E. LOONEY

SOUTH SUDAN

Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE

Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

SUDAN

Recent History DUNCAN WOODSIDE

Economy DUNCAN WOODSIDE

TANZANIA

Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS

Economy JÖRG WIEGRATZ

TOGO

Recent History PAUL MELLY

Economy PAUL MELLY

UGANDA

Recent History MICHAEL JENNINGS

Economy JÖRG WIEGRATZ

ZAMBIA

Recent History SISHUWA SISHUWA

Economy HORMAN CHITONGE

ZIMBABWE

Recent History CHRISTOPHER SAUNDERS

Economy ALBERT MAKOCHEKANWA

PART THREE Regional Information

REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

MAJOR COMMODITIES OF AFRICA

CALENDARS

RESEARCH INSTITUTES CONCERNED WITH AFRICA

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (BOOKS)

SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY (PERIODICALS)

Über Autor(innen)

Europa Publications’ regional publications are compiled by a team of editors and researchers, with introductory and country-specific material provided by specialists in their field:

Afolabi Adekaiyaoja. Political scientist and researcher specializing in the political economy of West Africa.

Enoch Randy Aikins. Researcher, Institute for Security Studies, Pretoria, South Africa.

Olayinka Ajala. Reader in Politics and International Relations, Leeds Beckett University, Leeds, United Kingdom, and Research Associate, Faculty of Humanities, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Manorama Akung. Senior Lecturer in History, Head of Centre for Research on Slavery and Indenture, University of Mauritius.

Olajumoke (Jumo) Ayandele. Interdisciplinary social scientist specializing in African politics and security studies.

Anna Bruzzone. Stipendiary Lecturer in European and World History, University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

Marisé Castro. Researcher, Amnesty International, International Secretariat, London, United Kingdom.

Tony Chafer. Emeritus Professor of African and French Studies, Centre for European and International Studies, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, United Kingdom, and Senior Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, London, United Kingdom.

Horman Chitonge. Professor, Centre for African Studies, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.

Julian Cooke. Editor of the Anglo-Malagasy Society Newsletter.

Devon E. A. Curtis. Lecturer in Politics and International Studies, University of Cambridge, United Kingdom.

Muhammad Dan Suleiman. King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.

Helga Dickow. Senior Researcher and Co-ordinator for Conflict and Fragility, Arnold Bergstraesser-Institut, Freiburg, Germany.

Amaka Emordi. Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ife, Osun, Nigeria.

Juan Fandos-Rius. Encyclopaedist and historian of the Central African Republic.

Sheereen Fauzel. Associate Professor, PhD in Development Economics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius.

Marie Gibert. Visiting Fellow, Centre for European and International Studies Research, University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom.

Solomon M. Gofie. Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.

Michael Jennings. Senior Lecturer in International Development, SOAS University of London, United Kingdom.

Warka Solomon Kahsay. Saint Francis Xavier University, Antogonish, Canada.

Teresia Kaulihowa. Associate Professor of Economics, Namibia University of Science and Technology, Windhoek, Namibia.

David Kiwuwa. Associate Professor, School of International Studies, University of Nottingham Ningbo, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.

Fred van der Kraaij. Economist specializing in Liberia and the Western Sahel.

Richard Lappin. Specialist in international human rights and post-conflict democracy.

Robert E. Looney. International consultant specializing in economic development, and Distinguished Professor, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey CA, USA.

Hugh Macmillan. Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.

Giuseppe Maimone. Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Sciences and International Relations, University of Palermo, Italy.

Albert Makochekanwa. Director, Business School, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe.

Malefa Rose Malefane. Associate Professor, Department of Economics, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa.

Paul Melly. Journalist specializing in francophone Africa and Associate Fellow of the Africa Programme at Chatham House (The Royal Institute of International Affairs), United Kingdom.

Ticky Monekosso. Journalist and researcher specializing in human rights, development issues and related humanitarian affairs in Africa, and founder of Afromedi@net.

Katharine Murison. Former Editor of Africa South of the Sahara.

Satang Nabaneh. Specialist in democracy, human rights and governance.

Jacob M. Nyambe. Associate Professor of Economics and Executive Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Management and Law, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.

Bram Posthumus. Writer, broadcaster and correspondent covering francophone West Africa.

Brad Safarik. Lecturer in Political Science and International Relations, Universite´ Catholique de l’Ouest, Angers, France, and Associate Researcher, Les Afriques dans le Monde, Institute d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux, France.

Emmanuel Sarpong. PhD candidate, University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo, People's Republic of China.

Christopher Saunders. Emeritus Professor, Department of Historical Studies, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Boopen Seetanah. Professor, University of Mauritius, Mauritius, and Co-Chair of the WTO Chair Programme.

Gerhard Seibert. Associate Researcher, Centre for International Studies, ISCTE—Lisbon University Institute, Portugal.

Sishuwa Sishuwa. Senior Lecturer in History, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch, South Africa.

Donald L. Sparks. Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London, United Kingdom, Visiting Professor of International Business, Management Centre Innsbruck, Austria, and Emeritus Professor of International Economics, The Citadel, Charleston, SC, USA.

Leighann Spencer. Tutor in Justice Studies, La Trobe University, Australia.

David Styan. Department of Politics, Birkbeck, University of London, United Kingdom.

Verena Tandrayen-Ragoobur. Associate Professor of Economics and Statistics, University of Mauritius, Mauritius.

Valdemar J. Undji. Lecturer, Department of Economics, University of Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia.

Jörg Wiegratz. Associate Professor in Global Political Economy and Development, School of Politics and International Studies, University of Leeds, United Kingdom.

Duncan Woodside. Journalist and analyst specializing in economics and conflict in the Great Lakes of Africa.

Douglas A. Yates. Professor of International Relations and Diplomacy, American Graduate School, Paris, France.