The Fate of Africa: Trial by Fire

By Jeremy Harding

Book Overview

A journalist travels to six African countries to portray a continent in turmoil, from the battlegrounds of Cuito Cuanavale, to the armed rebels in Mozambique, to a huge fortified wall in the Western... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671723596
• ISBN13: 9780671723590
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

A fascinating subject and an engrossing book.

An informative and very readable book. The reporting of environments and people is both vivid and frank. Highly recommended to anyone with an interest in this area.

The Fate of Africa is first-class reporting

Harding deserves praise for allowing Africans to do most of the talking in his essays looking at Africa's protracted civil conflicts. His book represents journalism at its finest and is a must read for anyone interested in contemporary African affairs.