Dowden, Richard,   1949- <br/><br/>
Africa :  altered states, ordinary miracles / 
Richard Dowden. 
 - New York, NY :  PublicAffairs,  2010. 
 - xiv, 576 pages :   maps ;   25 cm 
<br/><br/> Originally published: London : Portobello, 2008 
<br/><br/>Africa is a night flight away: images and realities<br/>Africa is different: Uganda I<br/>How it all went wrong: Uganda II<br/>The end of colonialism: new states, old societies<br/>Amazing, but is it Africa? Somalia<br/>Forward to the past: Zimbabwe<br/>Breaking apart: Sudan<br/>A tick bigger than the dog: Angola<br/>Missing the story and the sequel: Burundi and Rwanda<br/>God, trust and trade: Senegal<br/>Dancers and the leopard men: Sierra Leone<br/>The positive positive women: AIDS in Africa<br/>Copying King Leopold: Congo<br/>Not just another country: South Africa<br/>Meat and money: eating in Kenya<br/>Look out world: Nigeria<br/>New colonists or old friends? Asia in Africa<br/>Phones, Asians and the professionals: the new Africa 
<br/><br/> Dowden 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 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781586487539 (hardcopy) 1586487531 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa--Social life and customs--20th century.<br/>Africa--Social life and customs--21st century.<br/>Africa--Civilization.<br/>Africa--History--1960-<br/>Africa--Foreign relations.<br/>Africa--Historia--1960-<br/>Africa --Civilización <br/>África --Vida social y costumbres --Siglo XX<br/>África--Vida social y costumbres--Siglo XXI<br/>Africa --Relaciones exteriores 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>500 DT 14  / D745a 2010 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>960.32