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A sweeping history of post-colonial Africa, exploring why the continent is in such a mess and what, if anything, can be done about it.
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'A brilliant and vitally important work for all who wish to understand Africa and its beleaguered people' -- Jay Freeman, Booklist
'A series of often vivid country snapshots . . . Meredith is a sure guide to this colossal, sad story' -- R. W. Johnson, Sunday Times
'A towering history . . . It is the sheer readability that makes it one of the decade's most important works on Africa' -- Publishers Weekly
'As a popular introduction to the subject it could hardly be bettered' -- Piers Brendon, Sunday Telegraph
'This book is important . . . [It] is also great narrative . . . A spectacularly clear view of the African political jungle' -- Richard Dowden, Spectator
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'A series of often vivid country snapshots . . . Meredith is a sure guide to this colossal, sad story' -- R. W. Johnson, Sunday Times
'A towering history . . . It is the sheer readability that makes it one of the decade's most important works on Africa' -- Publishers Weekly
'As a popular introduction to the subject it could hardly be bettered' -- Piers Brendon, Sunday Telegraph
'This book is important . . . [It] is also great narrative . . . A spectacularly clear view of the African political jungle' -- Richard Dowden, Spectator
Martin Meredith is the author of many acclaimed books on Africa including lives of Robert Mugabe and Nelson Mandela and COMING TO TERMS: SOUTH AFRICA'S SEARCH FOR TRUTH. He lives near Oxford.
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- PublisherSimon & Schuster Ltd
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0743268423
- ISBN 13 9780743268424
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages768
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