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African Madness

African Madness Hardcover - 1988

by Shoumatoff, Alex

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NY: Knopf, 1988. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright, unclipped dust jacket. 202 pages. A collection of four pieces on African history or culture. "The Woman Who Loved Gorillas" is a stark, unflattering look at Dian Fossey. Differing from the usual hagiography about Fossey, this essay focuses on her mistreatment of the Africans, her erratic and supposedly violent behavior, and her anti-social arrogance. It's not a slam piece, though, offering motives about her murder and admitting that Dian did much for the gorillas of Rwanda. "The Last of the Dog-Headed Men" is a look at the elusive indri, a "singing" lemur of Madagascar. "The Emperor Who Ate His People" is a look back at the career of Central African Republic dictator Bokassa. Finally, "In Search of the Source Of AIDS" is both a quest for possible sources of the virus and a look at how the disease is ravaging Africa (circa 1987). Clean, bright copy. Record # 381893
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  • Title African Madness
  • Author Shoumatoff, Alex
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 202
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Knopf, NY
  • Date 1988
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 381893
  • ISBN 9780394569147 / 0394569148
  • Weight 0.91 lbs (0.41 kg)
  • Library of Congress subjects Africa, Sub-Saharan - Description and travel, AIDS (Disease) - Africa, Sub-Saharan
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 88045345
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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