Introduction: JFK and the "Greatest revolution in human history"
"More royalist than the queen": Eisenhower/Dulles policy toward Africa
JFK's early support of African nationalism
Kennedy, Sékou Touré, and the success of personal diplomacy
Kennedy, Kwame Nkrumah, and the Volta River project decision
Kennedy, Julius Nyerere, and self determination in southern Africa
Kennedy, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Ben Bella, and North African Arab nationalism
Kennedy, Felix Houphouët-Boigny, William Tubman, and conservative African nationalism
The Kennedy-De Gaulle rivalry in Africa
The view from Pretoria
Cold War civil rights and Kennedy's courting of African nationalists
Contested skies: U.S.-U.S.S.R. competition for African civil aviation markets and the Cuban Missile Crisis
Conclusion: the Kennedy legacy in Africa.