Author Paul Thatcher Publisher Longman Group Limited, Longman House, Burnt mill, Harlow, Essex, UK. Associated companies, branches and representatives in Africa and throughout the world. Publishing date 1981 Third impression 1990 Reprinted under licence from Longman Group Ltd, UK not for sale outside Zimbabwe ISBN 0 582 60362 5 Printed in Zimbabwe by National Printing and Packaging, Harare Category History Language English

Summary These concise notes on the history of Africa in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will be invaluable to both students preparing for examinations on this topic and to the general reader looking for a framework from which to begin a study of this period.
Comprehensive and balanced coverage of the history of all the main areas in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Notes on the most important topics in syllabuses on this period. Carefully summarised and simplified topics to ensure maximum clarity.
Useful maps clarifying key topics.