Pat McGowan

Included in this study are data for events related to affairs in Southern Africa between 1973 and 1976. Actors and targets include core states of Angola, Mozambique, Rhodesia, Malawi, South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, and Swaziland, various liberation movements within those states, ''Bantu'' homelands, peripheral African powers, certain non-African states involved in that region, and international organizations. Variables include types of action, issue area coding, date, and other event characteristics. A second file of data contains descriptive information on each event.

Data on the social background characteristics of seven hundred and five Tanzanians were obtained from Who's Who in East Africa. Individuals were included in the study when they were mentioned in at least one Who's Who either in 1964, l966, or 1968 and who were of African or Arab descent.