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The Africans is an extraordinary combination of analysis and adventure. Part travelogue, part contemporary history, it is a portrait of a continent that sometimes seems hell-bent on destroying itself, and of people who are as courageous as they are long-suffering.
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During the four years he spent in black Africa as the bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, David Lamb traveled through almost every country south of the Sahara, logging more than 300,000 miles. He talked to presidents and guerrilla leaders, university professors and witch doctors. He bounced from wars to coups oceans apart, catching midnight flights to little-known countries where supposedly decent people were doing unspeakable things to one another. In the tradition of John Gunther's Inside Africa, The Africans is an extraordinary combination of analysis and adventure. Part travelogue, part contemporary history, it is a portrait of a continent that sometimes seems hell-bent on destroying itself, and of people who are as courageous as they are long-suffering.
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- Title The Africans
- Author David Lamb
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Rev Upd
- Pages 400
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Vintage, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 1987-06-12
- ISBN 9780394753089 / 0394753089
- Weight 1 lbs (0.45 kg)
- Dimensions 7.9 x 5.2 x 1 in (20.07 x 13.21 x 2.54 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: African
- Cultural Region: Central Africa
- Ethnic Orientation: African American
- Library of Congress subjects Africa, Sub-Saharan - History - 1960-
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86040461
- Dewey Decimal Code 967
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