Guest, Robert.

The shackled continent : power, corruption, and African lives / Robert Guest. - Washington [D.C.] : Smithsonian Books, 2004. - 280 p. : 1 map ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-273) and index.

Introduction: Why Is Africa So Poor? -- The Vampire State -- Digging Diamonds, Digging Graves -- No Title -- Sex and Death -- The Son of a Snake is a Snake -- Fair Aid, Free Trade -- Of Potholes and Grasping Gendarmes -- Wiring the Wilderness -- Beyond the Rainbow Nation -- Conclusion: One Step at a Time.

Donated by Friends of the Library.

158834214X (alk. paper) 9781588342140 (alk. paper)

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Continental Organization for Global Co-operation Against Poverty in Africa.


Political corruption--Africa.


Africa--Politics and government--1960-
Africa--Social conditions--1960-

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