“Every unit of the book raises thought-provoking questions and leaves one wanting to learn more....This text is to be highly recommended to lecturers looking for useful illustrations and neat summaries and to undergraduate students taking a broad range of African, development, and general geography courses.”

—Journal of African Earth Sciences


“In Stock's book...[instructors] will find excellence....Africa South of the Sahara is a textbook reflecting the author's deep understanding of both the continent and its research literature. As such, it teaches the teachers as well as the students.”

—The Professional Geographer


“Stock invites the reader to relearn the map of Africa and to locate and understand processes and events that continue to influence Africa’s development paths with quite different and often unpredictable outcomes. He uses vignettes to simultaneously enliven the text and create a productive platform on which to engage with recent developments in the continent. In its third edition, this book remains one of the key texts on the geographical study of Africa.”

—Maano Ramutsindela, PhD, Department of Environmental and Geographical Science, University of Cape Town


“This significantly revised edition of Africa South of the Sahara offers a critical interpretation of received ideas. Stock situates contemporary human development concerns about sub-Saharan Africa in their historical, cultural, and regional perspectives. A new chapter on the history of development thinking guides the book’s synthetic discussions of rural and urban economies and livelihoods, population and resources, and health. The prose is lucid and the arguments compelling. A highly accessible introductory text for courses on regional geography, development studies, and global studies.”

—Thomas J. Bassett, PhD, Department of Geography and GIS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


“I can't wait to use this text in my Geography of African Development course. The third edition is very up to date; it hits on many of the important issues associated with current developments in Africa. While there is continuity with prior editions, there is also substantial new material that is exciting to read. Highlights include expanded coverage of cultural factors; in particular, discussions of African contributions in the arts will engage students and draw them in to the study of the continent. Other new content addresses migration, Africa's growing role in the world economy, poverty as a human rights issue, energy resources, and much more.”

—Marilyn Silberfein, PhD, Department of Geography and Urban Studies, Temple University