Introduction Acknowledgments List of Contributors List of Maps AbbreviationsPart I: Africa1. African IslandsComoros – Werner GraebnerMadagascar – Janet Topp FargionMauritius – Guillaume Samson (Trans. Sinclair Robinson)Reunion – Guillaume Samson (Trans. Sinclair Robinson)The Seychelles – Guillaume Samson and Alain Courbis (Trans. Sinclair Robinson)2. Central AfricaCameroon – Marianne BernaCentral African Republic – Michelle KisliukChad – Mary PearceCongo (Rep.) – Graeme EwensDem. Rep. of Congo – Chris StapletonEquatorial Guinea – Chris StapletonGabon Graeme Ewens3. East AfricaBurundi – Rick SandersKenya – Caleb Okumu ChrispoCities: Mombasa – Caleb Okumu ChrispoNairobi – Caleb Okumu ChrispoRwanda – Rick SandersTanzania – Werner GraebnerRegions:Zanzibar – Werner GraebnerUganda – Sylvia Nannyonga-TamusuzaCities:Kampala – Sylvia Nannyonga-Tamusuza4. Horn of Africa Djibouti – Andreas WetterEritrea – Rick SandersEthiopia – Rick SandersSomalia – Martin OrwinCities: Muqdisho (Mogadishu) – Martin OrwinSudan – Stephen Larrik5. North Africa Algeria – Dave LaingLibya – Philip Ciantar and Abdalla M. SebaiMorocco – Richard C. JankowskyRegions: Western Sahara – Richard C. JankowskyCities: Casablanca – Richard C. JankowskyTunisia – Ruth Davis and Richard C. Jankowsky6. Southern Africa Angola – Gerhard KubikBotswana – Angela ImpeyLesotho – David CoplanMalawi – Moya Aliya MalamusiMozambique – Joa-o Soeiro de CarvalhoNamibia – Minette MansSouth Africa – Sazi Dlamini with Christopher Ballantine and Nishlyn RamannaCities: Durban – Veit ErlmannJohannesburg – Rob AllinghamSoweto – Angela ImpeySwaziland – Jonathan CurrenZambia – Rick SandersZimbabwe – Chris Stapleton7. West Africa Benin – Nago Seck and Sylvie ClerfeuilleBurkina Faso – Oger Kabore (Trans. Sinclair Robinson)Cape Verde – JoAnne HoffmanCote d Ivoire – Chris StapletonThe Gambia – Graeme EwensGhana – E. John CollinsCities: Accra – E. John CollinsCape Coast – E. John CollinsKumasi E. John CollinsGuinea – Gunter GretzCities: Conakry – Gunter GretzGuinea-Bissau – Guus de KleinLiberia – E. John CollinsMali – Banning EyreMauritania – Chris StapletonNiger – Mahaman Garba (trans. Dave Laing)Nigeria – Chris StapletonRegions: Northern Nigeria – Chris StapletonSoutheastern Nigeria – Meki NzewiWestern Nigeria – Mosunmola Omibiyi-ObidikeCities: Benin City – Emeka Tony NwabuokuIbadan – Mosunmola Omibiyi-ObidikeLagos – Oluyemi OlaniyanOnitsha – Meki NzewiSao Tome and Principe – Dave LaingSenegal – Patricia TangCities: Dakar – Patricia TangSierra Leone – Christian D. J. HortonTogo – Nago Seck and Sylvie ClerfeuillePart II: Middle East8. Middle EastAfghanistan – John Baily Armenia – Andy Nercessian Cities:Yerevan – Andy NercessianAzerbaijan – Fattah Khalig-Zade and Razia SultanovaBahrain – Kay Hardy CampbellEgypt – Karin van NieuwkerkCities:Cairo – Karin van NieuwkerkIran – Seyed Abdolhossein Mokhtabad AmreiIraq – Dave LaingIsrael – Motti Regev Cities:Jerusalem – Motti Regev Tel Aviv – Motti RegevJordan – Sami AsmarKuwait – Kay Hardy CampbellLebanon – Sami AsmarCities:Beirut – Sami AsmarOman – Dieter ChristensenPalestine – Dave LaingQatar – Kay Hardy CampbellSaudi Arabia – Kay Hardy CampbellSyria – Jonathan H. ShannonCities:Damascas – Jonathan H. ShannonHalab (Aleppo) – Jonathan H. Shannon

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