Maier, Karl

An analysis of the civil war in Angola, a twenty-year conflict that was supposed to be settled in 1992 with the country's first democratic election, but that broke out again when Jonas Savimbi, leader of the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola, rejected his defeat at the polls.

Provides insight into the social revolution taking place in Africa in which indigenous inhabitants are reviving past cultural traditions, supporting economic independence, and sponsoring political reforms.

Reports on conditions in the West African state of Nigeria, the tenth most populous country in the world, introducing the military leaders who have ruled Nigeria over the past decades, as well as people who have fought for democracy, and discussing some of the more critical problems facing the nation.