Africa today - Haines, C. Grove (Charles Grove), 1906- (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins Press, 1955)
1. The position of Africa in world affairs: Africa and the West in historical perspective / Sir Philip Mitchell ; commentary: David Edward Owen -- The African cultural background in the modern scene / Melville J. Herskovits ; commentary: Robert T. Parsons -- Africa's strategic significance / Admiral Richard L. Conolly ; commentary: Paul H. Nitze -- 2. The heritage of Africa: Native cultural and social patterns in contemporary Africa / Elizabeth Colson ; commentary: Robert A. Lystad -- The role of Christianity and Islam in contemporary Africa / George W. Carpenter ; commentary: Glora M. Wysner -- The European heritage: approaches to African development / Paul Henry ; commentary: Horace Mann Bond -- The impact of Western education on the African's way of life / Lorenzo D. Turner ; commentary: E. Franklin Frazier -- 3. Elements of political and social upheaval: Geography of sub-Saharan race relations / Edwin S. Munger ; commentary: William O. Brown -- Fears and pressures in the Union of South Africa / Cornelis E. De Kiewiet ; commentary: Arthur Keppel-Jones -- The emergence of African political parties / James S. Coleman ; commentary: Norman Steven-Hubbard -- The communist threat in Africa / Max Yergan ; commentary: Harold Cooper -- 4. Recent developments in the African dependencies: The Gold Coast and Nigeria on the road to self-government / Kofi A. Busia ; commentary: Harold Cooper -- French Africa and the French union / Kenneth Robinson ; commentary: Rayford W. Logan -- Recent developments in Belgian Africa / Guy Malengreau ; commentary: William Ugeux -- The impact of the United Nations on Africa / Vernon McKay ; commentary: Sherman S. Hayden -- 5. The economic status and future possibilities of Africa: Africa's economic potentialities / Peter Ady ; commentary: Karl Pelzer -- Colonial development and welfare / A. Campbell ; commentary: William Hange -- U.S. technical and economic assistance to Africa / E. William Moran, Jr. ; commentary: David L. Gordon -- Private enterprise in Africa / Bernard Blankenheimer ; commentary: W. Clifford Shields -- 6. The United States and Africa: The United States and Africa: an American view / Paul H. Nitze -- The United States and Africa: an African view / Kofi A. Busia -- Appendix: Mau Mau / Sir Philip Mitchell.
Based on the proceedings of the conference on contemporary Africa which the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies sponsored in Washington in August 1954.
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Keywords: Africa