Cover -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Foreword to the English Edition -- Toward An African Energy Doctrine -- Bases For African-Arab Cooperation -- Introduction -- Part I: Historical Unity: The Restoration of African Historical Consciousness -- Chapter 1 Origins and History of the Black World -- Chapter 2 Linguistic Unity -- Chapter 3 Political Unity and Federalism -- Chapter 4 The Privileged Position of West Africa -- Chapter 5 The New Strategy -- Chapter 6 Bicameralism -- Part II: Compendium of Energy Sources -- Hydraulic Energy -- Solar Energy -- Atomic Energy -- Thermonuclear Energy -- Wind Energy -- Thermal Energy of the Seas -- Tidal Energy -- Global Heat -- Volcanic Thermal Energy and Geothermal Energy -- Part III: The Industrialization of Black Africa -- The Zaire River Basin -- The Gulf of Benin Region -- Ghana and the Ivory Coast -- Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia -- Tropical Zone (Senegal, Mali, Niger) -- Nilotic Sudan, Great Lakes, Ethiopia -- Zambezi River Basin -- Union of South Africa -- Transport -- Training Key Personnel -- Conclusion -- Investment Funds -- Scientific Research -- Comparative Production Figures -- 14 Steps to African Unity -- Books Consulted -- Appendix: Interviews with Cheikh Anta Diop.