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As part of The postwar world series, this provides an historical account of the rapid relinquishment of the colonial control which European governments held over most of Africa during the first half of the 20th century. particular problems of different regions of Africa, and some attempt is made to illustrate the historical individuality of each country. Also, while decolonization is narrowly defined as a process culminating in independence, the author recognises and examines the continuing influence of many former colonial powers.

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As the archives of the former colonial powers are being opened up for the decade of the 1950s, scholarly analyses of the process of decolonization in Africa are emerging in some quantity. This work by Hargreaves, a distinguished British historian of Africa, provides an excellent and economical introduction to the theme, the scholarly interpretations, and the source material. It should now become the first thing that the undergraduate or the generally interested reader consults. The author uses all the major published studies (e.g., The Transfer of Power in Africa, ed. by Prosser Gifford and William Roger Lewis, CH, Mar '83; D.J. Morgan's The Official History of Colonial Development, CH, Jun '81; Decolonisation and After, ed. by W.H. Morris-Jones and Georges Fischer, London, 1980), and a surprising amount of the key archival sources. The emphasis is on British and French policies, but Belgian, Italian, and Portuguese problems are not neglected. Excellent maps, a chronological outline, and a most useful bibliographical essay round out what must now be considered the standard short treatment of African decolonization. J. E. Flint Dalhousie University