The shackled continent
Subtitle: power, corruption, and African lives
By: Robert Guest
Publisher: Smithsonian Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington [D.C.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
ISBN-13: 9781588342140
Subjects: Political corruption; Politics and government; Social conditions; Continental Organization for Global Co-operation Against Poverty in Africa
Description: Donated by Friends of the Library.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Why Is Africa So Poor? --; title: The Vampire State --; title: Digging Diamonds, Digging Graves --; title: No Title --; title: Sex and Death --; title: The Son of a Snake is a Snake --; title: Fair Aid, Free Trade --; title: Of Potholes and Grasping Gendarmes --; title: Wiring the Wilderness --; title: Beyond the Rainbow Nation --; title: Conclusion: One Step at a Time.