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The Africans

by David Lamb

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ISBN13: 9780394753089
ISBN10: 0394753089
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During the four years he spent in black Africa as the bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, David Lamb traveled through almost every country south of the Sahara, logging more than 300,000 miles. He talked to presidents and guerrilla leaders, university professors and witch doctors. He bounced from wars to coups oceans apart, catching midnight flights to little-known countries where supposedly decent people were doing unspeakable things to one another. In the tradition of John Gunther's Inside Africa, The Africans is an extraordinary combination of analysis and adventure. Part travelogue, part contemporary history, it is a portrait of a continent that sometimes seems hell-bent on destroying itself, and of people who are as courageous as they are long-suffering.

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The Africans is an extraordinary combination of analysis and adventure. Part travelogue, part contemporary history, it is a portrait of a continent that sometimes seems hell-bent on destroying itself, and of people who are as courageous as they are long-suffering.

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With a new preface and epilogue, Vintage Books ed. Bibliography: p. [357]-359.

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ISBN:
9780394753089
Author:
Lamb, David
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York :
Subject:
General
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
History
Subject:
Africa, sub-saharan
Subject:
Africa, central
Subject:
Africa, Sub-Saharan History 1960-
Subject:
Africa - General
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Edition Description:
Revised
Series Volume:
672
Publication Date:
June 1987
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
7.96x5.30x.69 in. .64 lbs.

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