C. Magbaily Fyle is Professor in the African American and African Studies Department, Ohio State University.

• Chapter 1 MapsChapter 2 PrefaceChapter 3 The Scramble for and Partition of AfricaChapter 4 Resistance to the Imposition of Colonial RuleChapter 5 Colonial Administrative Systems in Africa Before World War IIChapter 6 The Colonial EconomyChapter 7 Social Change: Christianity, Western Education and UrbanizationChapter 8 The Psychological Impact of ColonialismChapter 9 Protest Movements in the Colonial EraChapter 10 Transition in South Africa in the Twentieth CenturyChapter 11 The Movement Towards African DecolonizationChapter 12 The Struggle for Independence I: North Africa, the Horn and the French African ColoniesChapter 13 The Struggle for Independence II: Wars of LiberationChapter 14 The Political Economy of Decline in Post-Colonial AfricaChapter 15 Inter and Intra-State Politics in Africa in the Late Twentieth CenturyChapter 16 Appendix: African States, Their Colonial Names and RulersChapter 17 BibliographyChapter 18 Index

...the author's breadth-rather-than-depth approach provides a quick and easy survey of Africa's colonial and post-colonial history.