LEADER 00000cam  2200000Ia 4500 
001    ocn291344950 
003    OCoLC 
005    20090429010001.0 
008    081224r20092008nyub     b    001 0 eng d 
010      2008940270 
020    1586487531|qhardback|c$29.95 
020    9781586487539|qhardback|c$29.95 
035    (OCoLC)291344950 
040    YDXCP|beng|cYDXCP|dOCP|dIH7|dBWX|dOCLCQ|dUPZ|dYBM 
043    f------ 
049    CKEA 
050  4 DT14|b.D69  2009 
082 04 960.32|222 
100 1  Dowden, Richard. 
245 10 Africa :|baltered states, ordinary miracles /|cRichard 
       Dowden. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bPublic Affairs,|c2009. 
264  4 |c©2008 
300    xiv, 576 pages :|bmaps ;|c25 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    First published: London : Portobello, 2008. 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages [551]-553) and 
       index. 
505 0  Africa is a night flight away: images and realities -- 
       Africa is different: Uganda I -- How it all went wrong: 
       Uganda II -- The end of colonialism: new states, old 
       societies -- Amazing, but is it Africa? Somalia -- Forward
       to the past: Zimbabwe -- Breaking apart: Sudan -- A tick 
       bigger than the dog: Angola -- Missing the story and the 
       sequel: Burundi and Rwanda -- God, trust and trade: 
       Senegal -- Dancers and the leopard men: Sierra Leone -- 
       The positive women: AIDS in Africa -- Copying King Leopold
       : Congo -- Not just another country: South Africa -- Meat 
       and money: eating in Kenya -- Look out world: Nigeria -- 
       New colonists or old friends? Asia in Africa -- Phones, 
       Asians and the professionals: the new Africa. 
520    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 Rwanda and the Congo. 
651  0 Africa|xSocial life and customs|y20th century. 
651  0 Africa|xSocial life and customs|y21st century. 
651  0 Africa|xCivilization. 
651  0 Africa|xHistory|y1960- 
994    02|bCKE