This balanced and comprehensive overview of geology, tectonics, and mineral resources of Africa presents multivariate facets of Archean to Quaternary geology, including aspects of plate tectonics evolution and geological history of the Earth's oldest continent. Assembled data on igneous and metamorphic petrology, geochemistry, structures and tectonics, stratigraphy, historical geology, geomorphology, geophysics, mineral deposits and petroleum geology combine to make this a unique textbook.