books released in 2015 in African Current Affairs

Sudan: Darfur and the Failure of an African State 2nd edition by Richard Cockett

Over the past two decades, the situation in Africa's largest country, Sudan, has progressively deteriorated: the country is in second position on the Failed ...

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The Shed That Fed a Million Children: The Extraordinary Story of Mary's Meals by Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow

Speaking Volumes Christian Book of the Year 2016

In 1992, Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow was enjoying a pint with his brother when he got an idea that ...

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Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong by Morten Jerven

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Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform by Nic Cheeseman

This book provides the first comprehensive overview of the history of democracy in Africa and explains why the continent's democratic experiments have so often ...

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The Looting Machine: Warlords, Tycoons, Smugglers and the Systematic Theft of Africa's Wealth by Tom Burgis

A shocking investigative journey into the way the resource trade wreaks havoc on Africa, 'The Looting Machine' explores the dark underbelly of the global economy ...

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We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Fa by Philip Gourevitch

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Boko Haram: Inside Nigeria's Unholy War by Mike Smith

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