The Africans - Softcover

Lamb, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0394753089 ISBN 13: 9780394753089

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 1987

Synopsis

During the four years he spent in black Africa as the bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times, David Lamb traveled through almost every country south of the Sahara, logging more than 300,000 miles. He talked to presidents and guerrilla leaders, university professors and witch doctors. He bounced from wars to coups oceans apart, catching midnight flights to little-known countries where supposedly decent people were doing unspeakable things to one another. In the tradition of John Gunther's Inside Africa, The Africans is an extraordinary combination of analysis and adventure. Part travelogue, part contemporary history, it is a portrait of a continent that sometimes seems hell-bent on destroying itself, and of people who are as courageous as they are long-suffering.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The Africans is an extraordinary combination of analysis and adventure. Part travelogue, part contemporary history, it is a portrait of a continent that sometimes seems hell-bent on destroying itself, and of people who are as courageous as they are long-suffering.

About the Author:

David Lamb is an eight-time Pulitzer Prize nominee who has traveled the world for 25 years as a Los Angeles Times correspondent. He is the author of six widely praised books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
• Publication date: 1987
• ISBN 10: 0394753089
• ISBN 13: 9780394753089
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 371