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Boston.: Houghton Mifflin.. 1990.. Maps, black and white photographic illustrations, 335pp, index, selected bibliography, notes, paperback, a very good copy. "Africa: a continent swept by change, lurching between a collapsing past and an unworkable Western present. Now a prize-winning reporter has combined consummate storytelling skills with a keen analytical eye to give us an extraordinary new look at the powerful tyrants and powerless subjects of the sub-Saharan region. A chronicle both frightening and sobering . . . Is also an uplifting testimony to the resilient spirit of black Africans and eloquent instruction in the ways of life on a continent shrouded in misperceptions." Publisher's description. .