This dictionary provides a guide to African political culture in the modern, post-colonial era. Listing over 1500 entries, all cross-referenced for easy accessability, this book covers events, organizations, movements, ideologies and personalities in African political life since 1960. Factual information on the geopolitical aspects - population change, ethnic configuration, religious divisions, natural resources - at both national and transnational level is coupled with more vivid interpretation of the motives of individuals and the effects of policies. Also included is a full chronological breakdown of events on the African continent as they occured annually and a bibliography suggesting further sources of reference.