| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
xv, 363 pages : map ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [349]-351. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Portrait of a continent -- Collision of past and present -- Men at the top -- Ghost of Idi Amin -- In search of unity -- Coups and countercoups -- Colonial heritage -- From Lisbon with love -- Shadow from abroad -- Separate roads for two neighbors -- Cultural shock -- Some of the news that is fit to print -- Survival of the fittest -- Sylis and Cedis -- Nigeria: Future is now -- Alone against the world -- Summing up and looking ahead -- Statistical profile -- Acknowledgments -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Subject |
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- 1960-
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| ISBN |
039451887X |
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