The new elites of Tropical Africa: studies presented and discussed at the Sixth International African Seminar at the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, July 1964; edited with an introduction by P. C. Lloyd; foreword by Daryll Forde.

Originally published in 1966, this book brings together papers dealing with the emergence and development of elites in sub-Saharan Africa among social categories ranging from farmers and women market traders through foremen and merchants to administrators and managers in government and industry. The authors analyse distinctive social characteristics and attitudes and the development of class consciousness.