Mohamed Saliou Camara is the author of this fifth edition. Born and educated in Guinea he studied at the Gamel Abdel Nasser University of Conakry as well as abroad and worked in Guinea for the Press Bureau of the Presidency the National Radio Television Network of Guinea and also taught at his alma mater. He is presently a professor of history at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida. He has written numerous articles and four books on Guinea. Thomas E. O'Toole wrote the first three editions and co-wrote the fourth. He first visited Guinea as a Fulbright student in 1963 and returned thereafter. He has been teaching about Africa including history anthropology and sociology ever since 1968 this at the University of Minnesota St. Cloud State University and presently Metropolitan State University in St. Paul. He has written many articles and several books on Africa. Janice E. Baker who co-authored the fourth edition went to Guinea as a Peace Corps Volunteer teacher and has worked for the Congressional Research Service and President Jimmy Carter's Commission on World Hunger. . Language: English