The rift : a new Africa breaks free
Perry, Alex2015
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Where Africans once fought ruling powers, now they battle a ruling perception. Alex Perry's lyrical and meticulous exploration of the new Africa required a spell in jail, visits to numerous wars and, eventually, his resignation as a magazine correspondent. But this is no tale of African woe. Taking the Great Rift Valley - the geological fault that will eventually tear Africa in two - as his central metaphor, Perry explores the split between a resurgent Africa and a world at odds with its rise: between rich and poor, between Western ideals and Western reality, and between African dreams and African achievement.
Main title:
The rift : a new Africa breaks free / Alex Perry.
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London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2015.
Collation:
xvi, 431 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (colour), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780297871224 (hbk)
Dewey class:
960.3'3960.33
Language:
English
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BRN:
2098758
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