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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790510003321

Autore

Diop Cheikh Anta

Titolo

Black Africa : the economic and cultural basis for a federated state / / Cheikh Anta Diop ; translated by Harold J. Salemson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, : Lawrence Hill Books

Trenton, NJ, : Africa World Press, 1987

ISBN

1-61374-737-3

Edizione

[Rev. ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (144 pages)

Disciplina

330.967

Soggetti

Pan-Africanism

Industries - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Power resources - Africa, Sub-Saharan

Africa, Sub-Saharan Economic conditions

Africa, Sub-Saharan Civilization

Africa, Sub-Saharan Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Translation of: Les fondements economiques et culturels d'un etat federal d'Afrique noire.

Nota di bibliografia

Bibliography: p. 90.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

This expanded edition continues Diop's campaign for the political and economic unification of the nations of black Africa. It concludes with a lengthy interview with Diop.