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Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles
by Richard Dowden
- HISTORY
- 2010
- PAPER
- 592 PAGES
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In captivating prose, Dowden spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the internet on Nigeria and aid on Sudan; and examines what has gone so badly wrong in Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo. From the individual stories of failure and success comes a surprising portrait of a new Africa emerging -- an Africa that, Dowden argues, can only be developed by its own people.
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