Dowden, Richard, author. <br/><br/>
Africa :  altered states, ordinary miracles / 
by Richard Dowden. 
 - New York :  PublicAffairs, a Member of the Perseus Books Group,  c2009. 
 - xiv, 576 pages :  maps ; ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/> 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. 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781586487539 (hbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization.<br/>Manners and customs.<br/>Africa--Social life and customs--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>AFR 960.32 Dow 2009