Africa today

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.