A superb new history of Africa, told from the ground up
A career journalist with the BBC World Service and BBC News for three decades, specialising in Africa, Keith Somerville writes and lectures on African affairs and is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. His books include Radio Propaganda and The Broadcasting of Hatred.
This unusually accessible study of Africa's many histories since
1970 owes its distinctiveness to the author's career...a
thoughtful, passionate account by a senior BBC journalist who spent
three decades working on and in Africa. His intimacy with places
and people give the book a grittiness that library research never
provides.
*Richard Rathbone, Professor of African History, SOAS*
A superb book...genuinely innovative, demonstrating a fine
understanding of the role of structure and agency in the
continent's 'many histories'. The argument will appeal to an
audience seeking a convincing and well-researched account.
*Jack Spence, OBE, Professor of Diplomacy, King's College London*
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