Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Figures -- Maps -- Acknowledgments -- NOTE THE SECOND EDITION -- 1 Prologue -- THE AFRICAN LANDSCAPE -- THE ANCESTRY OF FRANCOPHONE AFRICA -- CONTENDING VISIONS OF AFRICAN DESTINY -- A CENTURY OF CHANGE -- 2 Economy and society, 1880-1940 -- THE HERITAGE OF SLAVERY -- TECHNOLOGY AND ECOLOGY -- TRANSFORMATIONS IN TOWN AND COUNTRY -- ETHNICITY AND CLASS -- COMMERCE -- GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMY -- CAPITALISM -- 3 Government and politics,1880-1940 -- CONCEPTS OF COLONIZATION -- IMPERIAL DIPLOMACY AND CONQUEST -- THE DAWN OF COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION -- THE FATE OF AFRICAN POLITIES -- ADMINISTRATIVE CONSOLIDATION -- DEMOCRACY: THE RISE OF A POLITICAL CLASS -- THE ZENITH OF COLONIAL RULE -- ABSOLUTISM -- 4 Culture and religion, 1880-1940 -- FRANCOPHONE CULTURE -- THE DEBATE ON AFRICAN CULTURE -- MISSIONARIES -- NEW RELIGIOUS INSTITUTIONS -- EDUCATION -- BELIEFS -- ART AND LITERATURE IN THE COLONIAL SITUATION -- THE NEW AFRICAN CULTURE -- 5 Economy and society, 1940-1985 -- RURAL LIFE -- TOWN AND INDUSTRIAL LIFE -- THE INTERNATIONAL ECONOMY -- PUBLIC FINANCE AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISE -- SOCIAL AND ETHNIC CONFLICTS -- CHANGES IN THE LAND -- 6 Government and politics, 1940-1985 -- WORLD WAR -- THE POSTWAR POLITICAL ORDER -- POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE -- CONFLICT IN THE CONGO -- DOMESTIC POLITICS -- INTERNATIONAL POLITICS -- NATIONHOOD AND DEMOCRACY -- 7 Culture and religion, 1940-1985 -- THE PROBLEM OF AFRICAN IDENTITY -- EDUCATION -- RELIGION -- POPULAR CULTURE -- LITERARY AND SCHOLARLY ENDEAVOR -- FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN CULTURE -- 8 Democracy and dependence, 1985-1995 -- ECONOMIC STAGNATION, SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION -- THE FRANCOPHONE MOVEMENT -- THE NATIONAL CONFERENCES -- DISILLUSIONMENT AND DISASTER -- COSMOPOLITAN CULTURE -- BEYOND IMPUNITY -- 9 Epilogue.

THE FRANCOPHONE AFRICAN LANDSCAPE -- CONFLICTING VISIONS OF AFRICAN DESTINY -- Bibliographical essay -- GENERAL AND REFERENCE WORKS -- JOURNALS -- AFRICA BEFORE 1880 -- HISTORIES OF FRANCE AND BELGIUM -- ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL HI STORY -- POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT -- CULTURE AND RELIGION -- Index.