The History of African Linguistics to 1945＆by Desmond T．Cole 1
The Present State of African Linguistics＆by Paul Schachter 30
West Atlantic：An Inventory of the Languages，their Noun Class Systems，and Consonant Alternation＆by J．David Sapir 45
Niger-Congo，Mande＆by Wm．E．Welmers 113
Niger-Congo，Gur＆by John T．Bendor-Samuel 141
Niger-Congo，Kwa＆by John M．Stewart 179
Adamawa-Eastern＆by William J．Samarin 213
The Benue-Congo Languages and Ijo＆by Kay Williamson 245
Niger-Congo，Eastern Bantu＆by Emmi Kahler-Meyer 307
The Western Bantu Languages＆by Malcolm Guthrie 357
The Click Languages of Southern and Eastern Africa＆by E．O．J．Westphal 367
Nilo-Saharan and Meroitic＆by Joseph H．Greenberg 421
Chadic＆by Robert R．Terry 443
Descriptive Bibliography of the Linguistics of Afrikaans：A Survey of Major Works and Authors＆by Marius F．Valkhoff 455
Arabic＆by Haim Blanc 501
Pidgins and Creoles in Africa＆by Jack Berry 510
Colonial Language Policies and their Legacies＆by John Spencer 537
Language Policies of Independent African States＆by W．H．Whiteley 548
Christian Missions and Language Policies＆by Wm．E．Welmers 559
Language Teaching＆by Elizabeth Dunstan 570
Problems of Literacy in Sub-Saharan Africa＆by Philip J．Foster 587
Orthographic Systems and Conventions in Sub-Saharan Africa＆by A．N．Tucker 618
Multilingualism＆by Pierre Alexandre 654
Languages in Contact＆by Morris Goodman 664
Language Standardisation in Sub-Saharan Africa＆by Gilbert Ansre 680
Surrogate Languages of Africa＆by J．H．Kwabena Nketia 699
The Linguistic Aspect of Style in African Languages＆by J．H．Kwabena Nketia 733
Appendix：Checklist of African Language and Dialect Names＆by Wm．E．Welmers 759
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES 901
INDEX OF NAMES 958
INDEX OF LANGUAGES 909