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Politics, Perception, and Development Strategy in Tropical Africa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

William J. Davies
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In order to depict adequately the significance of political and economic interaction in tropical Africa, it is necessary to sketch the background of recent changes in that area lying south of the Sahara and north of Angola, Rhodesia, and Mozambique. Here are some 30 states ranging in size from over 2.5 million sq.km. in the Sudan to less than 00.1 million sq.km. in the Gambia; in population from almost 80 million in Nigeria to about 400,000 in the Gambia; in density from over 120 per sq.km. in Burundi to less than one per sq.km. in Mauritania; in income per capita from over $400 in Gabon to less than $50 in Burundi, Somalia, and Upper Volta; and in G.N.P. from over $4.5 billion in Nigeria to less than $30 million in Gambia.

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The Journal of Modern African Studies , Volume 13 , Issue 1 , March 1975 , pp. 35 - 53
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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