The new Africa
Subtitle: dispatches from a changing continent
By: Robert M. Press ; photographs by Betty Press.
Publisher: University Press of Florida
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Gainesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: United Nations Operation in Somalia; United Nations -- Armed Forces -- Somalia; Democracy -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- 20th century; Human rights -- Africa, Sub-Saharan -- History -- 20th century; Operation Restore Hope, 1992-1993; Genocide -- Rwanda; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Politics and government -- 1960-; Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- 1960-; Rwanda -- Politics and government
Description: "In The New Africa, former Christian Science Monitor correspondent Robert Press tells his first-hand story of triumph and tragedy in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa. Featuring photographs by Betty Press, the book offers an account of the continent's emerging movements toward democracy."--BOOK JACKET.

"Drawing on hundreds of interviews, Press also explores the causes of the extraordinary human tragedies of civil war in Somalia and genocide in Rwanda and offers explanations for the West's failure to curb them."--BOOK JACKET. "While providing broad, in-depth coverage of sweeping social and cultural upheaval, The New Africa also introduces readers to some of the many individual Africans struggling for greater personal freedom."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [360]-364) and index.