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Set ISBN..........978-1-4222-2934-7
Hardcover Set Price ..........$432.51 $324.35 (S&L)
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Trim Size: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 • 112 pages • Full color
Library bound • Ages: 12 & up
Aids and Health Issues ..................................-2935-4 -8880-1
Civil Wars in Africa ........................................-2936-1 -8881-8
Ecological Issues...........................................-2937-8 -8882-5
Education in Africa ........................................-2938-5 -8883-2
Ethnic Groups in Africa ..................................-2939-2 -8884-9
Governance and Leadership in Africa .............-2940-8 -8885-6
Helping Africa Help Itself: A Global Effort ........-2941-5 -8886-3
Human Rights in Africa ..................................-2942-2 -8887-0
Islam in Africa ...............................................-2943-9 -8888-7
The Making of Modern Africa .........................-2944-6 -8889-4
Population and Overcrowding ........................-2945-3 -8890-0
Poverty and Economic Issues.........................-2946-0 -8891-7
Religions of Africa .........................................-2947-7 -8892-4
13 VOLUME SET © 2014
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A F R I C A :
PROGRESS AND PROBLEMS
— Library Media Connection
Series Consulting Editors: Dr. Robert I. Rotberg, Former Director of the Intrastate
Conflict & Conflict Resolution program at the Kennedy School, Harvard University,
& President of the World Peace Foundation
Dr. Victor Ojakorotu, Department Head of Politics & International
Relations at North-West University in Mafikeng, South Africa “
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With well-written text and clear colorful pho-
tographs, maps, & graphics, this updated series
would be welcome in any library where stu-
dents are looking for current information about
Africa...The authors are experts in their field,
and each volume contains unique
information on some very heavy subjects.
These works could be utilized for reports in
Social Studies &world geography classes or
for teachers to use for text analysis within
the Common Core curriculum.
AFRICA IS A COMPLEX & DIVERSE CONTINENT,
AND ITS MORE THAN 50 COUNTRIES provide a
study in contrasts: democracy & despotism,
immense wealth and crushing poverty,
modernism and traditionalism, peaceful
communities & raging civil wars. The books
take a close look at many of the major
issues in Africa today, such as AIDS, poverty,
government corruption, ethnic & religious
tension, educational opportunities, and
overcrowding.
COUNTRY STUDIES