Africa Yearbook Volume 1 Politics, Economy and Society South of the Sahara 2004

Klaas van Walraven Ph.D. (1997) in Political Science, University of Leiden, is a researcher at the African Studies Centre in Leiden. He has published on various topics in Africa's international relations, in particular the Organisation of African Unity, the African Union and ECOMOG. In addition, he has written on democratisation and resistance. Currently, he is working on a history of the Sawaba rebellion in Niger (1954-1975).
Andreas Mehler Ph.D. (1993) in Political Science, University of Hamburg, is Director of the Institute of African Affairs, Hamburg. He has published extensively on democratisation processes and violent conflicts in West and Central Africa.
Henning Melber, Ph.D. (1980) in Political Science, University of Bremen, is Research Director at The Nordic Africa Institute in Uppsala/Sweden. He has published extensively on Southern Africa and in particular Namibia including (as editor and contributor) Limits to Liberation in Southern Africa (HSRC, 2003).