Issues of strategic access and resources, superpower and regional conflict, economic growth and internal stability, and the role of African nations as a significant bloc within the nonaligned world are examined in this collection in light of three concepts: sovereignty and solidarity.

Also of Interest -- Introduction -- Security Issues in an African Context -- Security Problems: An African Predicament -- Sovereignty -- The Soviet Union and Superpower Rivalry in Africa -- Africa and the West: The French Connection -- Brazil-Africa Relations: Third World Alternatives for Development and Security -- A Giant Staggers: Nigeria as an Emerging Regional Power -- Stability -- Social Incoherence and the Mediatory Role of the State -- Emerging Patterns of Civil-Military Relations in Africa: Radical Coups d'Etat and Political Stability -- Security and Stability Implications of Ethnicity and Religious Factors -- Solidarity -- Cooperation Among African States -- Playing the Arab Card: Niger and Chad's Ambivalent Relations with Libya -- South African Liberation: Touchstone of African Solidarity -- Security Issues from an African Perspective -- National Security: An African Perspective