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The fate of Africa : from the hopes of freedom to the heart of despair : a history of fifty years of independence
- Title
- The fate of Africa : from the hopes of freedom to the heart of despair : a history of fifty years of independence / Martin Meredith.
- Author
- Meredith, Martin.
- Publication
- New York : Public Affairs, ©2005.
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Details
- Description
- vi, 752 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
- Summary
- Presents a narrative of the last fifty years of African history, analyzing the factors which account for the political chaos, financial troubles, and civil wars which prevail in many African countries today.
- Subjects
- Africa
- Afrika
- Geschichte 1960-2005
- 2000-2010
- 1950-2000
- Since 1960
- Afrika > sociala förhållanden
- Afrika > politik och förvaltning
- Afrika > historia
- Africa > Economic conditions > 1960-
- Africa > Social conditions > 1960-
- Africa > Politics and government > 1960-
- Afrique
- History
- Political history
- Economic relations
- Social relations
- Government
- Politics
- Auswirkung
- Unabhängigkeit
- Wirtschaftliche Lage
- Soziale Situation
- Politik
- Social conditions
- Politics and government
- Economic history
- Histoire
- Analyse comparative
- Conditions économiques
- Conditions sociales
- Régimes politiques
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [707]-734) and index.
- Contents
- The Gold Coast experiment -- Revolt on the Nile -- Land of the setting sun -- L'Afrique Noire -- Winds of change -- Heart of darkness -- The white South -- The birth of nations -- The first dance of freedom -- Feet of clay -- A house divided -- Death of an emperor -- The coming of tyrants -- In search of Ujamaa -- The passing of the old guard -- The slippery slope -- The great plunderer -- White dominoes -- Red tears -- Fault lines -- The scourge of Aids -- The lost decade -- The struggle for democracy -- A time of triumph -- In the name of the prophet -- Black hawk down -- The graves are not yet full -- Where vultures fly -- Blood diamonds -- No condition is permanent -- The honour of living -- Black Gold -- A degree in violence -- Somewhere over the rainbow -- Out of Africa.
- ISBN
- 1586482467
- 9781586482466
- 1586483986
- 9781586483982
- 1610390717 (pbk.)
- 9781610390712 (pbk.)
- 0739466992 (pbk.)
- 9780739466995 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- 2005047576
- 9781586482466
- 9781586483982
- OCLC
- ocm58791298
- 58791298
- SCSB-8922266
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library