The State of Africa : A History of the Continent Since Independence. Martin Meredith (Paperback)

from gpmartinson

Breathtakingly painful history. What can we do? Its unbelievable in how much of a pattern there is.

from stillatim

From now on, when I'm trying to explain to someone what 'irony' does not mean, I'll use this example: while I was on a plane between LA and Phillie, the entire world was watching a half hour documentary about a repulsive lunatic, and being encouraged to start a war in Uganda (i.e., the wrong coun...

from HadriantheBlind

Long and sobering history of tragedies. The evil people can do to each other is revealed fully here. The scope of the work is also very impressive, as I'm not sure there are too many other works which even attempt to go on this scale while are intended for the general public.

from Rachabake

This book is a great introduction to modern African history and culture. It presents in sufficient detail all the transformations that the countries went through, and it explains important historical factors that continue to influence current culture and social institutions. It is also important ...

from cwhouston

I've been waiting for this subject matter to be covered in a single volume for ages - this book hasn't disappointed. I do not need to describe the scope of the text in detail, except to say than many aspects of the history of the African countries are covered (e.g. economics and development, heal...