Chronicles the political turmoil experienced in Africa over the last forty years, with detailed and unsparing accounts of the continent's most influential leaders, including Mobutu Sese Seko, Jonas Savimbi, Hastings Banda, and Nelson Mandela. (view table of contents)

Are there social, political and cultural factors in Africa which aspire to the continuation of patrimony and conspire against economic development? In association with the International African Institute North America: Indiana U Press (view table of contents)