The Fate of Africa: A History of the Continent Since Independence
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- Author : Martin Meredith
Pages : 816 pages
Publisher : PublicAffairs 2011-09-06
Language : English
First published in 2005, The Fate of Africa was hailed by reviewers as "A masterpiece...The nonfiction book of the year" (The New York Post); "a magnificent achievement" (Weekly Standard); "a joy," (Wall Street Journal) and "one of the decade s most important works on Africa" (Publishers Weekly, starred review). Now Martin Meredith has revised this classic history to incorporate important recent developments, including the Darfur crisis in Sudan, Robert Mugabe s continued destructive rule in Zimbabwe, controversies over Western aid and exploitation of Africa s resources, the growing importance and influence of China, and the democratic movement roiling the North African countries of Tunisia, Egypt, and Jordan.
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