This work continues the saga begun in the first two volumes of the Problems in African History series, Problems in African History: The Precolonial Centuries and Historical Problems of Imperial Africa (both also available from Markus Wiener). With this sweeping examination of modern Africa's challenges, Robert O. Collins brings the reader through post-colonial Africa to the present day. The book features commentary on such diverse topics as decolonization, environmentalism, HIV and healthcare, development and the tragedy of civil war.