Overviews:
- Andersen, Uwe, Africa. "Lost continent" or hope for a "renaissance"?, Schwalbach 2002.
- Ansprenger, Franz, Political History of Africa in the 20th Century, Munich 1999.
- Asche, Helmut, Africa and external actors. Partners at eye level? Baden-Baden 2010.
- Böhler, Katja/Hoeren, Jürgen (eds.), Africa. Myth and Future, Bonn 2003.
- Brandstetter, Anna Maria/Neubert, Dieter (eds.), Postcolonial Transformation in Africa. On the redefinition of the sociology of decolonisation, Münster 2002.
- Emminghaus, Christoph, Political Parties in the Democratisation Process. Structure and Function of African Party Systems, Opladen 2003.
- Ferdowsi, Mir A. (ed.), Africa - a lost continent?, Munich 2008.
- Ferdowsi, Mir A. (ed.), Afrika zwischen Agonie und Aufbruch, Munich 1998.
- Fleischhacker, Helga, Party System and Constitution in Africa. Structures - Functions - Types, Wiesbaden 2010.
- Hauck, Gerhard, Society and State in Africa, Frankfurt a.M. 2001.
- Hofmeier, Rolf/Jakobeit, Cord/Mehler, Andreas (eds.), Africa Yearbook. Politics, Economy and Society in Sub-Saharan Africa, Opladen 1988-2002.
- Hofmeier, Rolf/Mehler, Andreas (eds.), Kleines Afrika-Lexikon. Politics, Economy, Culture, Munich 2004.
- Mabe, Jacob E., Das kleine Afrika-Lexikon. Politics, society, economy, Bonn 2004.
- Marx, Christoph, History of Africa. From 1800 to the Present, Paderborn 2004.
- Plate, Christoph/Sommer, The colourful continent. A new look at Africa, Stuttgart 2001.
- Scholler, Heinrich, State, Politics and Human Rights in Africa. Konzepte und Probleme nach der Erlangung der Unabhängigkeit, Berlin 2007.
- Tetzlaff, Rainer/Jakobeit, Cord, Das nachkoloniale Afrika. Politics, Economy, Society, Wiesbaden 2005.
Individual case studies:
- Akinwumi, Olayemi, Crises and conflicts in Nigeria a political history since 1960, Münster 2004.
- Frischauf, Michaela, Inkatha, Zulu Nationalism and Reinvention of the Past in South Africa, Hamburg 2003.
- Lang, Andrea Marianne, Traditional Rule in South Africa: Adaptation Strategies and Negotiations in a Democratic State, Münster 2004.
- Ruf, Werner, Die algerische Tragödie: Vom Zerbrechen des Staates einer zerrissenen Gesellschaft, Münster 1997.
- Ibrahim, Fouad N./Ibrahim, Barbara, Egypt. Geography, History, Economy, Politics, Darmstadt 2005.