Africa South of the Sahara 1999 28th edition

Sustained excellence over a long period is often overlooked or taken for granted. No better example of this human foible can be found than Europa’s seven Regional Surveys of the World (the other six include Eastern Europe and The Commonwealth of Independent States; The Far East and Australasia; The Middle East and North Africa; South America, Central America and the Caribbean; The USA and Canada; and Western Europe).

Some titles are more venerable than others (The Middle East and North Africa has reached its 45th edition), but all conform to a uniform...