Gabon

First published in 1987 and in English in 1989, Gabon provides an essential introduction to the geography, history, sociology, economics and politics of Gabon in considerable detail. It assesses Gabon’s achievement-the initiation of a national minimum wage, of a campaign for women's rights, of an advanced health and education policy and the political and economic dangers it still faces. The smooth transition of Francophone Africa from colonies to republics was achieved largely because both sides