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　　In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran

correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand

account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from

the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in

Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that left

millions dead. Blending eyewitness reportage with rich historical

insight, French searches deeply into the causes of today’s events,

illuminating the debilitating legacy of colonization and the

abiding hypocrisy and inhumanity of both Western and African

political leaders.

While he captures the tragedies that have repeatedly befallen

Africa’s peoples, French also opens our eyes to the immense

possibility that lies in Africa’s complexity, diversity, and myriad

cultural strengths. The culmination of twenty-five years of

passionate exploration and understanding, this is a powerful and

ultimately hopeful book about a fascinating and misunderstood

continent.

Introduction

CHAPTER ONE

Prehistory

CHAPTER TWO

Leviathan

CHAPTER THREE

Plague

CHAPTER FOUR

The Golden Bough

CHAPTER FIVE

Greater Liberia

CHAPTER SIX

Falling Apart

CHAPTER SEVEN

Where Peacocks Roam

CHAPTER EIGHT

Castles in the Sand

CHAPTER NINE

Tough Love

CHAPTER TEN

Long Knives

CHAPTER ELEVEN

Le Roi Est Mort (Long Live the King)

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

　　Howard W. French is a senior writer for the New York Times.

After teaching at the University of Ivory Coast in the early 1980s,

he began his journalism career writing about Africa for the

Washington Post, Africa News, The Economist and numerous other

publications. Since 1986, he has reported for the Times from

Central America, the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, Japan,

Korea, and now China. In 1997, his coverage of the fall of Mobuto

Sese Seko won the Overseas Press Club of America's award for best

newspaper interpretation of foreign affairs. French was born in

Washington, D.C., and now lives in Shanghai with his wife and their

two children.

　　www.howardfrench.com

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