"This second edition is not as good as its excellent predecessor--it's better! Stock's accessible yet challenging text now includes extended discussions of the physical environment, water resources, civil society, and children, and engages explicitly with postcolonial theory. This is a 'must' for teachers and lecturers looking for an essential introductory text, and a great resource for students seeking clear summaries, further reading, and useful web materials."--Mike Kesby, School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK

"An excellent introduction to sociocultural, political, economic, and environmental structures and processes in African geography. Stock's well-balanced text dispels persistent stereotypes about Africa south of the Sahara while offering a more realistic interpretation of the continent's contemporary problems, challenges, and opportunities. The second edition has been considerably enhanced by additional chapters and new case examples illustrating significant issues. This is essential reading for students, instructors, and policymakers with an interest in African progress."--Assefa Mehretu, Department of Geography and Center for Integrative Studies in Social Science, Michigan State University

"This is a fabulous book; comprehensive, engaging, and critical. It fills an essential niche and is a 'must' for the shelf of every Africanist. The second edition acknowledges and analyzes recent events and is enriched with more vignettes, up-to-date statistics, and references to relevant Internet sources. I highly recommend this text for undergraduate-level courses in African geography or development studies and certainly for any graduate student or faculty member who needs a solid, up-to-date source. Salient, well researched, thought-provoking, coherent, and altogether excellent--simply the best text I have come across on the subject."--Miriam Grant, Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Canada

"This second edition is not as good as its excellent predecessor--it's better! Stock's accessible yet challenging text now includes extended discussions of the physical environment, water resources, civil society, and children, and engages explicitly with postcolonial theory. This is a 'must' for teachers and lecturers looking for an essential introductory text, and a great resource for students seeking clear summaries, further reading, and useful web materials."--Mike Kesby, School of Geography and Geosciences, University of St. Andrews, Scotland, UK

"An excellent introduction to sociocultural, political, economic, and environmental structures and processes in African geography. Stock's well-balanced text dispels persistent stereotypes about Africa south of the Sahara while offering a more realistic interpretation of the continent's contemporary problems, challenges, and opportunities. The second edition has been considerably enhanced by additional chapters and new case examples illustrating significant issues. This is essential reading for students, instructors, and policymakers with an interest in African progress."--Assefa Mehretu, Department of Geography and Center for Integrative Studies in Social Science, Michigan State University

"This is a fabulous book; comprehensive, engaging, and critical. It fills an essential niche and is a 'must' for the shelf of every Africanist. The second edition acknowledges and analyzes recent events and is enriched with more vignettes, up-to-date statistics, and references to relevant Internet sources. I highly recommend this text for undergraduate-level courses in African geography or development studies and certainly for any graduate student or faculty member who needs a solid, up-to-date source. Salient, well researched, thought-provoking, coherent, and altogether excellent--simply the best text I have come across on the subject."--Miriam Grant, Department of Geography, University of Calgary, Canada