[OESY]

Mr. Guest works for The Economist. His "The Shackled Continent: Power, Corruption and African Lives" is published by Smithsonian.



"The Fate of Africa" by Martin Meredith (PublicAffairs, 752 pages, $35)

Africa owes a lot of its postcolonial misery to corrupt, tyrannical leaders.

[manwiththehands]

I thought the UN was supposed to fix Africa. They fix everything they touch, don't they? (sarcasm)

[dsc]

Thomas Sowell also has some interesting things to say on this subject.

[cyborg]

Yes they do. I'm going to look up this book at the library. Jared Diamond books are also good.

[Naomi4]

Thank you for posting this. It is posts such as yours that make Free Republic such a good source for information, facts and news.

[the invisib1e hand]

self government only works in nations that honor God. period, end of story, no apologies.

[PeterPrinciple]

So as anyone here actually read the book and can give a personal review?

[BIGZ]

Apartheid removal in South Africa has solved the problem and turned South Africa over to the Communists.

One should not have to read the book to understand what is happening to Africa, Muslims, Communists, Dictators, it is obvious regardless of the Editorials to the contrary.

This book will just fortify the obvious.

[Tax-chick]

Library list bump, and a round of applause to a reviewer who says, "Piffle!"

[stoney]

Bump for later.