Focusing on the French-speaking countries of west and central Africa, this second edition includes two new chapters that discuss developments in the region sinc... » 

Focusing on the French-speaking countries of west and central Africa, this second edition includes two new chapters that discuss developments in the region since 1985, emphasizing the democratization movements of the 1980s and 1990s, the Francophone movement, and the crises in Rwanda and Burundi. «