V Problems of Underdeveloped Areas of the World with Special Focus on Africa

The Colonial Office List. London: H.M.S.O., 1959. Extensive reference material normally obtainable only from a variety of sources makes this an invaluable book. Published annually. 35/- (T-A)

Dubister Henry J. Population resources and other official demographic statistics of British Africa. Washington: Supt. of Documents, Washington 25, D.C., 1950. 78 p. (T-A)

Hailey Lord William An African Survey. London: Oxford University Press, 1957. In my opinion still the most comprehensive social, political and economic survey of Africa to be found in one single work. The 1957 edition is a revised one. (T)

Keesings Contemporary Archives. London: Keesings. A weekly diary of events taken from the world's newspapers and journals. Excellent. (A-I)

United Nations. Report of the Economic and Social Council to the General Assembly. New York: United Nations Office of Public Information. Contains statistics, tables and reports pertinent to the problem of underdevelopment. Published annually since 1946. (T-A)

United Nations. United Nations Year Book. One of the major statistical references available, not only on Africa and its many problems but on all related countries and topics. Should be part of any Social Studies library. A-I)

Brown J. Cudd A Reading List of Africa South of the Sahara. Stanford: Hoover Institution, Stanford University, 1959. A general listing and useful as a guide to available publications. By no means complete. (T)

International African Institute. Africa. London: I.A.I., Quarterly Journal. A bibliography of current publications on Africa; notes on current research and projects; book reviews; scholarly articles. (T-A)

Royal African Society, African Affairs, London: R.A.S., Quarterly Journal. Bigliography and book reviews of current literature. Scholarly articles. (T-A)

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Africa. Washington: Office of Education, International Education Relations, Washington 25, D.C., Vol. 1, No. 4, Nov., 1959. A bibliography developed in response to requests for new materials to use in teaching about Africa in elementary and secondary schools. It is of general rather than specialized interest. (T)

U.S. Library of Congress, European Affairs Division. Introduction to Africa. Edited by Conover Helen F. Washington: University Press of Washington, 1952. A useful selected guide to background reading on Africa. (T-A)

World Affairs Center for the United States. Changing Africa and World Affairs. New York: The Center, 1959. 21 p. Lists readings, representing various points of view, from a wide range of sources. May be obtained from the Center, First Avenue at 47th Street, New York 17, N. Y.; one of the most useful lists a teacher could possess about Africa. 50¢ (T-A-I)

Reed James F. , Hughes R. O. , and Pullen C. H. W. Eastern Lands. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1959. 499 p. By no means an exhaustive book on Africa, but one of the few dealing with the country even in general terms for any length. $5.20. (I-E)

Uttley M. and Aitchison. Latin America, Africa, and Australia. Boston: Ginn & Company, 1957. Fair, it devotes a considerable section to Africa. $4.96. (I-E)

Burns Sir A. C. History of Nigeria. London: Allen & Unwin, 1943. A readable history not unduly biased by the author's colonial experience. 15/-. (T-A)

Du Bois W. F. Burghardt The World and Africa. New York: Viking Press, 1946. A history of Africa underlining the exploitation and cruelty of European colonists. This is biased but serves to balance the Burns’ account of Nigeria. (T-A)

Fitzgerald Walter Africa. New York: Methuen, 1959. 103 maps, 511 pp. A social, economic and political geography written by a former British Colonial Officer. (T-A)

Gatti Ellen , and Attilio The New Africa. New York: Scribner, 1960. This is a much more pertinent book to the problem of development than their previous volume “Here is Africa,” although this too makes interesting and useful reading. (E-I)

Gunther John Inside Africa. New York: Harper, 1955. Maps and diagrams. 952 p. Bibliography. An overall view written by a serious journalist. Interesting but not necessarily authoritative. (I)

Hailey Lord Wm. Native Administrations in British African Territories. London: H.M.S.O., 1951. A scholarly and authoritative description of an aspect of British colonialism. (T)

Herskovitz N. J. Anthropology and’ Cultural Change in Africa. Pretoria, S.A.: University of S. Africa, 1957. Title is self-explanatory. Author is an accepted anthropologist. (T)

King-Hall Stephen Letters from Africa. London: Geoffrey Bles, 1957. Letters written by an extremely authoritative and objective traveller in Africa, containing observations on the political, economic and social problems as he found them. (I-A)

Malinowski Bronislaw The dynamics of cultural change; and enquiry into race relations in Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1945. 171 p. Bibliography. An anthropological study. (T)

Meeker Oden Report on Africa. New York: Scribner, 1954. 410 p. Illus. Maps. A sociological and political survey. (T-A)

Murdock George P. Africa: Its people and their cultural history. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1959. 456 p. Illus. $11.75. Reference volume giving ethnic and historical background for understanding 20th century Africa. (T-A-I)

Seligman C. G. Races of Africa. London: Oxford University Press, 1957. An introductory book dealing mainly with cultural and social backgrounds. Present edition revised by Schapera. (T)

Seymour John One Alan's Africa. New York: John Day, 1956. 255 p. Illus. A general description of Africa. (E-I)

Ullendorf Edward The Ethiopians. London: Oxford University Press, 1960. 480 p. 16 plates. 1 map. Historical and cultural background. (T-A)

Van der Post Laurens The Dark Eye in Africa. New York: Morrow, 1955. 274 p. Illus. Native races and Europeans in Africa. (I-A)

Van der Post Laurens Lost World of the Kalahari. New York: Morrow, 1958. 270 p. Illus. Author's search for a little-known tribe and a lost way of life. (I-A)

American Assembly. The United States and Africa: Background Papers. New York: Harriman, 1958. 252 p. Illus. Maps. A comprehensive selection of papers relating to African-U.S. relations. (T-A)

Bartlett Vernon Struggle for Africa. New York: F. A Praeger, 1953. 246 p. A popular journalist's view of the African problem. (E-I)

Bowen Elenore Smith (Pseud.). Return to Laughter. New York: Harper, 1954. 276 p. An interesting and personal description of post-war West Africa. (I-A)

Bowles Chester Africa's Challenge to America. Berkeley, Cal.: University of California Press, 1958. 134 p. Illus. Deals with racial question, politics, external relations, etc. (T)

Buell Raymond The Native Problem in Africa. New York: Macmillan, 1928. This book makes an interesting comparison with similar books written since 1946. (T-A)

Buron Robert Developing Under-developed Countries: The Future of Africa. Washington: Ambassade de France (Service d'Analyse Industrielle), 1958. Written from the French point of view. (T-A)

Collins W. B. The Perpetual Forest. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1958. 288 p. A conservationist's point of view. (E-I)

De Kiewiet C. W. The Anatomy of South African Misery. London: Oxford University Press, 1957. De Kiewiet is an historian whose particular field is S. African history. This present book is grave, moderate, enlightened and has wide vision. 7/6 (T-A)

Emerson Robert From Empire to Nation. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 1960. 466 p. Notes. Bibliography. Focuses on emerging national patterns of Asia and Africa, comparing them with the classical patterns of Western Europe. $7.75. (T)

Farson Negley Last Chance in Africa. New York: Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1950. A well-known provocative book, written in an interesting and often brilliant style. (T-A)

Gibbs Henry Background to Bitterness. New York: Philosophical Library, 1954. 255 p. Bibliography. An interpretative history, and not without bias. (T-A)

Hanson Earl Parker New Worlds Emerging. New York: Duell, 1949. 385 p. View that underdeveloped people and’ territories offer “new frontiers.” (T-A)

Huddleston Trevor Naught for your Comfort. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, 1956. 253 p. A very definite point of view that few S. African whites would agree with. The author was expelled from S. Africa for his views. (T-A)

Mitchell Sir Phillip African Afterthoughts. London: Hutchinson, 1960. 288 p. The author is an ex-governor of E. Africa. He attempts to analyze Kenya's problems. Expresses the better colonial viewpoint. (T-A)

Orizie A. A. N. Without Bitterness; Western Nations in Post-war Africa. New York: Creative Age Press, 1954. 395 p. An African looks at the role played by western nations in his country. (T-A)

Panikkar K. M. The Afro-Asian States and their Problems. New York: John Day, 1960. 104 p. These are six lectures on newly independent states by an Asiatic. (T-A)

Paton Alan Hope for South Africa. New York: Praeger, 1959. 94 p. Illus. Very readable, and should be read with his earlier essay, “S. Africa in Transition.” (T-A)

Paton Alan South Africa in Transition. New York: Scribner, 1956. A good follow-up for Paton's book “Cry, the Beloved Country.” (T-A)

Robeson Eslanda C. (Mrs. Paul Robeson). African Journey. New York: John Day, 1945. Comments on the Negro problem in Africa. The author, with her husband, later became an active Communist in part, if not wholly, because of racial feeling. (T-A)

Shreiner Olive From man to man; or perhaps only. … New York: Harper, 1927. Interesting because written more than 30 years ago. The author makes a moving plea for social and racial justice in Africa. (I-A)

Stamp Dudley Africa: A Study in Tropical Development. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1953. Many things have happened since Stamp wrote this book, but it still remains one of the best geographical commentaries available. (T-A)

Wallbank T. Walter Contemporary Africa. Princeton, N. J.: D. Van Nostrad, 1956. 193 p. Bibliography. A short but very readable little book which serves to focus on the major problems facing Africa. ‘It contains some thirty-four readings and documents in addition to the author's own essay. (T-A)

Abrahams Peter Tell Fredom. New York: Knopf, 1956. Sensitively written autobiography of a colored boy growing up in South Africa. (A-I)

Bartlett Robert M. They Stand Invincible: Men Who Are Reshaping Our World. New York: Crowell, 1959. 261 p. Includes chapters on Schweitzer and Paton. $3.50. (I-E)

Hawker George George Grenfell: The Life Of A Congo Missionary. London: R.T.S., 1909. Biography of one of Africa's greatest missionaries. Book is no longer in print, but may still be picked up through reputable dealers (e.g., Holleyman & Son, 121A & B Portland Road, Hove 3, Sussex, England). (T-A)

Kenworthy Leonard S. Leaders of New Nations. New York: Doubleday, 1959. 336 p. This includes a biography of Nkrumah. $3.50. (I-E)

Lee A. W. Once Dark Country. Recollections and Reflections of a South African Bishop. London: S.P.C.K., 1949. The author was for a time Bishop of Zululand, and was a keen and sympathetic observer of the people he served. (T-A)

Meinertzhagen Col R. Blood Lust in Africa. London: Oliver & Boyd, 1957. The author was a soldier who served in East. Africa prior to World War I. He presents perhaps the extreme colonial point of view and should be read with this in mind. His account emphasizes, however, the many problems facing Africans emerging into the twentieth century, and as such is worth reading. (A-I)

Nkrumah Kwame Ghana. New York: Nelson, 1957. An autobiography of Ghana's new leader. It is a dramatic story, interwoven with Ghana's struggle for self-government. As a nationalist, Nkrumah is not, of course, without bias. Perhaps this should be read in conjunction with Meinertzhagen's story (noted above). (T-A-I)

Ojike Mbome My Africa. New York: John Day, 1946. 350 p. Illus. Maps. This is an autobiography which makes a strong plea for Afro-American co-operation. (T-A)

Cloete Stuart The Mask. New York: Permabooks, 1957. Originally published by Houghton Mifflin, 1957. One of several novels written by an authority on South Africa. In fiction form it attempts to reconstruct the events involving the Kaffir chieftain. Mapela and local Boers between 1852 and 1854. Apart from the fact that it is a well-written adventury story, it describes a people who in many ways are not so very far removed from present-day black S. Africans living on the veldt. (T-A)

Haggard Rider She. London: Blackie. Although Haggard writes of imaginary events of the 19th century, his descriptions of attitudes of whites and coloreds in S. Africa are still useful when considering today's problems. In any case, this, and the other famous novels in the same series are still excellent reading. (A-T)

Krepps Robert W. Earth Shaker. New York: Dell, 1958. Based on the life of Lobengula (Earthshaker), the last warrior king of the Zulu-Matabele nation, the book attempts to show the attitudes of the Boers, the British, and the Zulus towards one another. Written as an adventure story. (T-A)

Monsarrat M. The Tribe that Lost Its Head. New York: Wm. Sloan, 1956. Based on Mau-Mau, it presents very clearly the problem of transition to civilization by Africa. It is dependably bloodthirsty in part. Reader's Digest have an abridged version. (T-A-I)

Paton Alan Cry, the Beloved Country. New York: Scribner, 1948. The most famous novel dealing with the S. African problem. Controversial and moving and applicable to the whole racial problem of emerging Africa. (T-A-I)