Over the last half century, sub-Saharan Africa has not had one history, but many - histories that have intertwined, converged and diverged. They have involved a continuing saga of decolonization and state-building, conflict, economic problems, but also progress. This new view of those histories...
01-01-1985 Africa's needs have been laid bare to the world and many have felt the strong pull of compassion. But few understand the future of the continent's problems and offer hope for solving them. The pages which follow are designed to correct that situation, to help people understand Africa's problems,...
From Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, this book combines an elegant critique of Africa's troubled past with a rallying cry for how Africans can use culture, nature and self-belief to reserse their continent's decline.