"You will understand Africa differently after reading this book...the richly reported stories he tells to make his case are unforgettable." -William Finnegan.
David Rieff
Can be read as a kind of African codicil to Hannah Arendt's celebrated argument...a tour de force, and as reporting it is essential reading for anyone concerned with understanding Africa. —Los Angeles Times
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Bill Berkeley is a contributing editor on the op-ed page of the New York Times and a Fellow at the World Policy Institute of the New School for Social Research in New York City. He lives in New York City.
