KAWA MULTIMEDIA PUBLICATIONS

GEOGRAPHY OF THE REST OF AFRICA
Preface
CHAPTER ONE:AFRICA: SIZE, SHAPES, AND POSITION
CHAPTER TWO:LANDFORMS IN AFRICA
CHAPTER THREE:DRAINAGE IN AFRICA
CHAPTER FOUR:THE COASTAL LANDS
CHAPTER FIVE:DESERT LANDFORMS IN AFRICA
CHAPTER SIX:SOILS IN AFRICA.
CHAPTER SEVEN:CLIMATE IN AFRICA
CHAPTER EIGHT:NATURAL VEGETATION IN AFRICA
CHAPTER NINE:FORESTRY IN AFRICA
CHAPTER TEN:AGRICULTURE IN AFRICA
CHAPTER ELEVEN:LARGE SCALE AGRICULTURE(PLANTATION FARMING)
CHAPTER TWELVE: NOMADIC PASTROLISM
CHAPTER THIRTEEN:IRRIGATION FARMING IN AFRICA
CHAPTER FOURTEEN:MULTI-PURPOSE DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES
CHAPTER FIFTEEN:MINING IN AFRICA
Introduction
Factors determining the exploitation of minerals
Methods of mining
Open Cast/pit Method
Underground method of mining
Adit mining
Shaft mining
Placer mining
Types of minerals
Factors influencing the occurrence of minerals
Main minerals in Africa
The problems facing mining in Africa
Effects of mining on the environment
Copper mining
Copper mining in Zambia
Iron ore mining in Africa
Energy in Africa
Oil production in Libya
Reasons why Nigeria became the leading oil producer of the period 1979
Problems Libya is experiencing in the exploitation and marketing of oil.
Importance of oil mineral to Libya
How petroleum mining has led to the development in Nigeria.
Mining in South Africa
Hydro electric power
Petroleum
CHAPTER SIXTEEN:INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN:URBANISATION IN AFRICA
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN:POPULATION IN AFRICA
CHAPTER NINENTEEN:FISHING IN AFRICA
CHAPTER TWENTY :TRANSPORT DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA