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The international relations of African States constitute a vast field which there is no question of exploring in depth and in its entirety l. We shall simply try to detect some trends, and to see to what extent practice conforms to the ideologies and objectives proclaimed.

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  1. The author is preparing a book on African International Relations. See the studies published by Yassin el-Ayout and H.C. Brooks under the title: Africa and International Organization, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, 1974. T.M. Shaw and K.A. Heard: The politics of Africa: dependence and development, Holmes & Meier, New York, 1979.

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Gonidec, P.F. (1981). International Relations. In: African Politics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-8902-3_8

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