From: The Geographical Review | Date: July 1, 1997| Author: Osei, William Yaw | COPYRIGHT 1997 American Geographical Society. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Edited by W. M. ADAMS, A. S. GOUDIE, and A. R. ORME. xiv and 429 pp.; maps, diagrs., ills., refs., index. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996. $85.00 (doth), ISBN 0-19-828875-1.

To provide adequate coverage of all aspects of the physical geography of Africa in a single volume is a monumental task. Because Africa is a large and old continental landmass, it is marked by dynamic and complex patterns of surface forms, biotic systems, and climatic processes, which in many ways ...