Full name: A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa

Author: Howard W. French Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction, Politics Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781400030279 1400030277

In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa's most devastating recent history-from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor's arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that left millions dead. Blending eyewitness reportage with rich historical insight, French searches deeply into the causes of today's events, illuminating the debilitating legacy of colonization and the abiding hypocrisy and inhumanity of both Western and African political leaders. While he captures the tragedies that have repeatedly befallen Africa's peoples, French also opens our eyes to the immense possibility that lies in Africa's complexity, diversity, and myriad cultural strengths. The culmination of twenty-five years of passionate exploration and understanding, this is a powerful and ultimately hopeful book about a fascinating and misunderstood continent. Similar books: Africa by Richard Dowden The Shackled Continent by Robert Guest The Africans by David Lamb The Graves Are Not Yet Full by Bill Berkeley The Looting Machine by Tom Burgis The Fortunes of Africa by Martin Meredith Africa by John Reader China's Second Continent by Howard W. French The Fate of Africa by Martin Meredith Africa Unchained by George B. N. Ayittey In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz by Michela Wrong The Zanzibar Chest by Aidan Hartley Precolonial Black Africa by Cheikh Anta Diop A short history of Africa by Roland Oliver The Gates of Africa by Anthony Sattin States and Power in Africa by Jeffrey Herbst Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff America by Dinesh D'Souza Unfreedom of the Press by Mark R. Levin