AFRICA Blaine Harden - Dispatches from a Fragile Continent

AFRICA: American reporter Blaine Harden gets behind the picture post-card presentation of modern Africa.

THIS IS A USED TRAVEL BOOK IN GOOD, READ CONDITION: cover is a bit creased and worn; pages are clean and tanning with age; good solid binding; a little worn but a good cheap reading copy. See photos for cover blurb, condition and sample pages. The book in the photos is the actual book you will receive - we never use stock pictures - enjoy!

PUBLISHER'S BLURB: Journalist Blaine Harden reveals the darker, unsightly picture of Africa which is beginning to emerge in the media. Each of the eight chapters focuses on a single country and a single story, using examples and anecdotes to give context and comprehensibility to problems usually clouded by sociological jargon. He has two principal themes: the battle between modernity, with its double-edged benefits, and the tribal way of life; and the way that Western governments seek to appease their sense of duty, or salve their imperial consciences by providing “aid” which in fact often makes problems worse than they were before. Harden was once thrown out of Kenya for his attack on the corruption endemic even in that romanticized country. This book is controversial, and provokes thought about where Africa is going and what it is becoming.

Book Details

Code: SKU1920

Condition: See notes and photos below

Binding: Paperback

Pages: 333

Published: 1990/1992. Fontana, UK

ISBN: 0006378560

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