Africa South of the Sahara
Subtitle: A Geographical Interpretation
Publisher: The Guilford Press
Published: June 1, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 435
ISBN-13: 9780898625950
Subjects: POLITICS & GOVERNMENT; Regional geography; Social issues; Social welfare & social services; TRAVEL & HOLIDAY; Human Geography; History - General History; Sociology; Africa; The Sahara; Africa - General; Earth Sciences - Geography; Social Science / Human Geography
First sentence: The English satirist Jonathan Swift, writing in the early 18th century, commented on the prevalent ignorance about Africa and the African people: So geographers in Afric maps With savage pictures fill their gaps, And o'er uninhabitable downs Place elephants for want of towns.