The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair
Meredith, Martin
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Very large, heavy, thick softcover, glossy wrappers with color photo of woman holding flag and child on front wrapper, background in shades of yellow and black, man walking on spine, 752 pages including two photo sections. Tiny ink stain at bottom front edge. Praise on back wrapper from Weekly Standard, Wall Street Journal and others. Near Very Fine. Seller Inventory # 53175
Bibliographic Details
Title: The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of ...
Publisher: Public Affairs
Publication Date: 2005
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Fine
Edition: 4th
About this title
Today, Africa is a continent rife with disease, death, and devastation. Most African countries are effectively bankrupt, prone to civil strife, subject to dictatorial rule, and dependent on Western assistance for survival. The sum of Africa's misfortunes — its wars, its despotisms, its corruption, its droughts — is truly daunting.
What went wrong? What happened to this vast continent, so rich in resources, culture and history, to bring it so close to destitution and despair in the space of two generations?
Focusing on the key personalities, events and themes of the independence era, Martin Meredith's riveting narrative history seeks to explore and explain the myriad problems that Africa has faced in the past half-century, and faces still. From the giddy enthusiasm of the 1960s to the "coming of tyrants" and rapid decline, The Fate of Africa is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand how it came to this — and what, if anything, is to be done.
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