01795ctm a2200241u  4500003000400000005001700004007000300021008004100024020002500065040000800090082002400098100002900122245007000151260007600221300003900297520098000336650001801316650002501334650005101359942001201410999001501422952011601437OSt20250509164557.0ta161021s2009    nyu           001|0 eng u  a9781586487539 (hbk.)  cDLC  aAFR 960.32 Dow 20091 aDowden, Richard, author.10aAfrica :baltered states, ordinary miracles /cby Richard Dowden.  aNew York :bPublicAffairs, a Member of the Perseus Books Group,cc2009.  axiv, 576 pages :bmaps ; ;c25 cm.  aDowden 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. 4aCivilization. 4aManners and customs. 4aAfricaxSocial life and customsx20th century.  cBK2ddc  c6167d6167  00104070aEGSTLbEGSTLcCIRCd2025-03-09l0oAFR 960.32 Dow 2009p16070r2025-06-30 00:00:00w2025-03-09yAFR