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008			161021s2009 nyu 001|0 eng u
020			_a9781586487539 (hbk.)
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082			_aAFR 960.32 Dow 2009
100	1		_aDowden, Richard, author.
245	1	0	_aAfrica : _baltered states, ordinary miracles / _cby Richard Dowden.
260			_aNew York : _bPublicAffairs, a Member of the Perseus Books Group, _cc2009.
300			_axiv, 576 pages : _bmaps ; ; _c25 cm.
520			_aDowden spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the Internet on Nigeria and aid on Sudan; and examines what has gone so badly wrong in Rwanda and the Congo. Contents Africa is a night flight away: images and realities -- Africa is different: Uganda I -- How it all went wrong: Uganda II -- The end of colonialism: new states, old societies -- Amazing, but is it Africa? Somalia -- Forward to the past: Zimbabwe -- Breaking apart: Sudan -- A tick bigger than the dog: Angola -- Missing the story and the sequel: Burundi and Rwanda -- God, trust and trade: Senegal -- Dancers and the leopard men: Sierra Leone -- The positive positive women: AIDS in Africa -- Copying King Leopold: Congo -- Not just another country: South Africa -- Meat and money: eating in Kenya -- Look out world: Nigeria -- New colonists or old friends? Asia in Africa -- Phones, Asians and the professionals: the new Africa.
650		4	_aCivilization.
650		4	_aManners and customs.
650		4	_aAfrica _xSocial life and customs _x20th century.
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