The State of Africa – Martin Meredith
It’s subtitled ‘A History of Fifty Years of Independence’ and what a depressing history it is. There are a handful of positive moments – like the switch from apartheid to majority rule in South Africa – but over and over again the story is the same. Independence arrives with high hopes and wonderful plans, but very soon a ‘big man’ ...
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