Amazon.co.uk: AFRICA - a foreigner's addiction (in no particular order)

AFRICA - a foreigner's addiction (in no particular order)
A Listmania! list by Mark Meynell "quaesitor" (London, UK)

1. Africa: A Biography of the Continent by John Reader

The list author says:
	"Brilliant and unique 'biography' of a whole continent - wonderful"

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(13 customer reviews)

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2. Africa: Dispatches from a Fragile Continent: Despatches from a Fragile Continent by Blaine Harden

The list author says:
	"slightly dated now, but still as relevant as ever"

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(4 customer reviews)

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3. The Scramble For Africa by Thomas Pakenham

The list author says:
	"who on earth did we all think we were"

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(32 customer reviews)

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4. King Leopold's Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror and Heroism in Colonial Africa by Adam Hochschild

The list author says:
	"very scary history of european involvement in Congo"

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(27 customer reviews)

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5. In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in the Congo by Michela Wrong

The list author says:
	"a supplementary to the previous book - excellent packed with insight and memorable images"

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(19 customer reviews)

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6. Heart Of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

The list author says:
	"and while we're on Congo, you can't avoid this book"

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7. Abyssinian Chronicles by Moses Isegawa

The list author says:
	"historical novel covering the years after Uganda's independence"

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(5 customer reviews)

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8. The Last King of Scotland by Giles Foden

The list author says:
	"historical novel covering the Amin years (now a film, and i'm an extra in it - ha ha!)"

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(33 customer reviews)

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9. Country Of My Skull by Antjie Krog

The list author says:
	"chilling account of South Africa's Truth & Reconciliation hearings - made very personal and challenging by the profound affect they made on this Afrikaaner radio journalist"

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(8 customer reviews)

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10. My Traitor's Heart: Blood and Bad Dreams A South African Explores the Madness in His Country,His Tribe and Himself by Rian Malan

The list author says:
	"a life-changing book about the racism and fear that lay behind apartheid as well as the human souls"

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(18 customer reviews)

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11. I Write What I Like: A Selection of Writings (Heinemann African Writers Series) by Mr Steve Biko

The list author says:
	"a brilliant mind and life in terrible circumstances"

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(4 customer reviews)

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12. Rough Crossings by Simon Schama

The list author says:
	"fair, extensive and challenging overview of all the horrors, indignities and sheer inhumanity in the Atlantic Slave Trade"

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13. Devil's Valley by Andre Brink

The list author says:
	"Brink is a South African master - this is a weird almost dreamlike book that grips and keeps you guessing all the way - the clash between white and black Africa"

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(3 customer reviews)

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14. Disgrace by J M Coetzee

The list author says:
	"Shocking, unsettling, disturbing, but all too real - a modern south African morality tale with no easy answers"

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(104 customer reviews)

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15. Mandela: The Authorised Biography by Anthony Sampson

The list author says:
	"i preferred this to Long Walk to Freedom (which i thought was still great) - a bit more objective, warts and all, and therefore made him all the more remarkable and credible"

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16. The Viceroy Of Ouidah (Vintage Classics) by Bruce Chatwin

The list author says:
	"an extraordinary book about Dahomey, the African kingdom at the heart of the slave trade selling fellow Africans off to Europeans."

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17. The Ukimwi Road: From Kenya to Zimbabwe by Dervla Murphy

The list author says:
	"a travelogue, but much more than that - Ukimwi is Swahili for AIDS - an account of the personal tragedies and (sometimes well-intentioned) foreign ineptitude"

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(10 customer reviews)

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18. Interesting Times: Uganda Diaries, 1955-86 by Sir Peter Allen

The list author says:
	"price is now total ripoff - get elsewhere if you can - diaries of one of the few British civil servants who stayed in Uganda throughout the Amin era & was actually the 1 to swear in Museveni in 1986"

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(2 customer reviews)

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19. Cry, the Beloved Country: A Story of Comfort in Desolation by Alan Paton

The list author says:
	"weep at the pain and agony, the dignity and grief"

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20. Big Men, Little People: Encounters in Africa by Alec Russell

The list author says:
	"Daily Telegraph African correspondent who travelled all over - very interesting and insightful"

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21. Mukiwa: A White Boy in Africa by Peter Godwin

The list author says:
	"a white boy growing up in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe - very evocative"

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(22 customer reviews)

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22. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood by Alexandra Fuller

The list author says:
	"a white girl growing up in Rhodesia/Zimbabwe - a weird and difficult life beautifully described in childlike terms"

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23. The Catastrophist by Ronan Bennett

The list author says:
	"pretty depressing, really - but opens eyes to some of what was going on when Congo's great hope, Lumumba, was assassinated, leading to Mobutu's installation as President by the CIA"

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(21 customer reviews)

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24. Things Fall Apart (Pocket Penguin Classics) by Chinua Achebe

The list author says:
	"not read this yet - but is on my list! Included here because everyone who knows about these things has told me to read it. Will update this!"

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25. Emma's War: Love, Betrayal and Death in the Sudan by Deborah Scroggins

The list author says:
	"moving and shocking - soon to be a film i hear (? with Nicole Kidman) - a biography of a beautiful English girl who so wanted to make a difference in the dangerous world of Civil War Sudan"