The book discusses the four critical issues of present-day Africa. These issues are the pre-colonial era, colonial period, post-colonial era, and Africa toward the new world order. The impact of the eras which the continent has gone through and the stance that the continent should take towards the new era the world is moving toward. Most sources of arguments in this book is based on the compilation of discussions from numerous lectures and seminars, literature and past thesis works in the African Studies program.