Africa on CD ROM

Intended for use with Windows PCs, this CD contains the full text of 16 book-length "Country Studies": Algeria, Angola, Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Libya, Madagascar, Mauriania, Nigeria, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Uganda, and Zaire. It provides historical background and context for understanding today's news. The "Country Studies" were originally published as printed books by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress between 1987 and 1995 under a program sponsored by the U.S. Department of Army. Each country study is presented as a single document in plain text form -- easy to read, to print, and to search. In addition, we include: The 2002 edition of the CIA World Factbook, an interlinked set of hundreds of HTML documents, with detailed up-to-date reference information on every country in the world, with images of maps and flags. Classic works related to the region (primarily books about European exploration of Africa) , all in plain text form. With the exception of Madagascar, each of the Country Studies follows the same template, consisting of five chapters: Chapter 1 -- Historical Setting Chapter 2 -- The Society and Its Environment Chapter 3 -- The Economy Chapter 4 -- Government and Politics Chapter 5 -- National Security