The Fate of Africa : From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair : a History of Fifty Years of Independence
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. The value of Meredith’s towering history of modern Africa rests not so much in its incisive analysis, or its original insights; it is the sheer readability of the project, combined with a notable lack of pedantry, that makes it one of the decade’s most important works on Africa. Spanning the […]