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A Continent for the Taking: the Tragedy and Hope of Africa

A Continent for the Taking: the Tragedy and Hope of Africa

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A Continent for the Taking: the Tragedy and Hope of Africa

by Howard W. French

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1400030277
ISBN 13
9781400030279
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Howard W. French is a senior writer for the New York Times . After teaching at the University of Ivory Coast in the early 1980s, he began his journalism career writing about Africa for the Washington Post , Africa News , The Economist and numerous other publications. Since 1986, he has reported for the Times from Central America, the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, Japan, Korea, and now China. In 1997, his coverage of the fall of Mobuto Sese Seko won the Overseas Press Club of America's award for best newspaper interpretation of foreign affairs. French was born in Washington, D.C., and now lives in Shanghai with his wife and their two children. www.howardfrench.com

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Title
A Continent for the Taking: the Tragedy and Hope of Africa
Author
Howard W. French
Format/Binding
Trade Paperback
Book Condition
Used Good
Quantity Available
1
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
1400030277
ISBN 13
9781400030279
Publisher
Vintage
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
April 2005
Pages
280
Bookseller catalogs
History/Africa/General;

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