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Africa:altered states, ordinary miracles/ Richard Dowden.
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| Bar code | Accession number | Status | Location | Material type | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7895 | 7895 960.32 DOW |
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| 008 | 160415r20092008nyub b 001 0 eng d |
| 020 | $a9781586488161 (pbk. |
| 082 | 04$a960.32 DOW$222 |
| 100 | 1 $aDOWDEN, Richard$eauthor. |
| 245 | 10$aAfrica$baltered states, ordinary miracles$cRichard Dowden. |
| 250 | $aFirst edition. |
| 264 | 1$aNew York$bPublicAffairs, a Member of the Perseus Books Group$c2009 |
| 300 | $axiv, 576 pages$c23 cm. |
| 500 | $aOriginally published: London : Portobello, 2008. |
| 504 | $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 551-553) and index. |
| 505 | 0 $aAfrica 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. |
| 520 | $aDowden spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the Internet on Nigeria and aid on Sudan; and examines what has gone so badly wrong in Rwanda and the Congo. |
| 648 | 7$aSince 1900 |
| 650 | 7$aCivilization. |
| 650 | 7$aManners and customs. |
| 651 | 0$aAfrica$xSocial life and customs$y20th century. |
| 651 | 0$aAfrica$xSocial life and customs$y21st century. |
| 651 | 0$aAfrica$xCivilization. |
| 651 | 0$aAfrica$xHistory$y1960 |
| 653 | 0$aAfrica$aSocial life and customs$a20th century |