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    <title>continent for the taking</title>
    <subTitle>the tragedy and hope of Africa</subTitle>
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    <dateIssued>2004</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xvii, 280 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 21 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>"[Howard French] takes us inside Nigeria, Liberia, Mali, and the Congo, examining ... the legacy of colonization in the lives of contemporary Africans"--Jacket.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Prehistory -- Leviathan -- Plague -- The golden bough -- Greater Liberia -- Falling apart -- Where peacocks roam -- Castles in the sand -- Tough love -- Long knives -- Le roi est mort (Long live the king).</tableOfContents>
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  <note>Originally published: Knopf, 2004.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. [259]-263) and index.</note>
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