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Africa

altered states, ordinary miracles

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Dowden spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the Internet on Nigeria and aid on Sudan; and examines what has gone so badly wrong in Rwanda and the Congo.

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Public Affairs
Language
English
Pages
576

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Subjects
Social life and customs, Manners and customs, Civilization, History, Africa, social life and customs, Africa, civilization, Africa, history, Africa, foreign relations
Places
Africa
Times
1960-, 20th century, 21st century

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Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles
2019, Granta Books
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2015, Portobello Books
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Africa: Altered States, Ordinary Miracles
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Africa
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Africa: altered states, ordinary miracles
2009, Portobello
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Table of Contents

Africa is a night flight away: images and realities
Africa is different: Uganda I
How it all went wrong: Uganda II
The end of colonialism: new states, old societies
Amazing, but is it Africa? Somalia
Forward to the past: Zimbabwe
Breaking apart: Sudan
A tick bigger than the dog: Angola
Missing the story and the sequel: Burundi and Rwanda
God, trust and trade: Senegal
Dancers and the leopard men: Sierra Leone
The positive positive women: AIDS in Africa
Copying King Leopold: Congo
Not just another country: South Africa
Meat and money: eating in Kenya
Look out world: Nigeria
New colonists or old friends? Asia in Africa
Phones, Asians and the professionals: the new Africa.

Edition Notes

Originally published: London : Portobello, 2008.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 551-553) and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
960.32
Library of Congress
DT14 .D69 2009, DT14.D69 2009, DT14 .D69 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
xiv, 576 pages :
Number of pages
576

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26409257M
Internet Archive
africaalteredsta00rich
ISBN 10
1586487531
ISBN 13
9781586487539
LCCN
2008940270
OCLC/WorldCat
291344950

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