Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles

The finest living Africa correspondent delivers, after a lifetime's close observation of the miraculous continent, a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa.Dowden has now, after 35 years on the continent, written a memoiristic history of its peoples' experiences in the wake of the European withdrawal and the superpowers' arrival. He has been present at each of the continent's major crises and writes illuminatingly about them, but he is as passionate about the warmth, wisdom and joy he has encountered in peacetime, and the diversity of habits, attitudes and purposes to which he has been Britain's best witness. His book is no less than a benchmark publication on this most misunderstood and mishandled of continents.

Title - Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles

Edition -

Author - Richard Dowden

ISBN 13 - 9781846271540

Imprint - Portobello Books Ltd

Publisher - Granta Books

Date Published - 01/09/2008

Prize -

No. of pages - 512

Binding Type - Hardback

Dimensions - 164 x 238 x mm

Weight - g

Languages - English