Africa since 1800 / Roland Anthony Oliver, Anthony Ernest Atmore.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Africa north of the equator -- Africa south of the equator -- The opening up of Africa: (1) from the north-east -- The opening up of Africa: (2) from the Maghrib -- West Africa before the colonial period 1800-1875 -- Western Central Africa -- Eastern Central Africa -- Southern Africa -- The partition of Africa on paper 1879-1891 -- The partition of Africa on the ground 1891-1901 -- Colonial rule in Tropical Africa: (1) Political and economic developments 1885-1914 -- Colonial rule in Tropical Africa (2)Social and Religious developments -- The inter-war period, 1918-1938 -- North and North-East Africa 1900-1939 -- South Africa 1902-1939 -- The last years of colonial rule -- The road to independence -- Africa from the Sahara to the Zambezi -- The road to independence: (3) Central Africa -- The long road to democracy in Southern Africa -- The politics of independent Africa -- Economics and society in independent Africa -- Into the Third Millenium.