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Description edit
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... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Jomo Kenyatta: Add a description of this character.
- Jean-bedel Bokassa
- Idi Amin
- Julius Nyerere
- Toure
- Machel
- Mobutu
- Obote
- Bob Denard
- Tolbert
- Mancham
- Felix Houphouet-boigny
- Neto
- Moroni
- Mugabe
- Muhangi
- Nkrumah
- Mrs. Leakey
- Bongo
- Doe
- Mau Mau
- Rene
- Wood
- Ali Solih
- Satigi
- Mr. Stewart
- Martha
- Abdullah
- Daniel Arap Moi
- Savimbi
- Barre
- Sandy
- Numeiri
- Muammar Qaddafy
- Roberto
- Dacko
- Macias
- Schweitzer
Setting & Locations edit
- South Africa
- Uganda
- United States
- Nigeria
- Angola
- Nairobi
- Ethiopia
- France
- Tanzania
- Guinea
- Europe
- Mozambique
- Ghana
- Ivory Coast
- Moscow
- Washington
- Zaire
- Britain
- Somalia
- Liberia
- Soviet Union
- Paris
- London
- Rhodesia
- East Africa
- Zimbabwe
- West Africa
- Kampala
- Zambia
- Swahili
- Portugal
- England
- Lagos
- New York
- Luanda
- Burundi
- Sudan
- Seychelles
- Malawi
- Asia
- Sub-sahara Africa
- India
- Djibouti
- Conakry
- Mombasa
- Gabon
- Senegal
- Lisbon
First Sentence edit
CARLOS MIRANDA, former guerrilla fighter and one-time prisoner of war, sat with his friends in the barren little cafe, idling away the Saturday afternoon over a bottle of Portuguese wine and a few memories.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Lamb (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 967
Subjects edit
- Books › Nonfiction › Social Sciences › Sociology
- Books › History › Africa › Central Africa
- Books › Nonfiction › Politics
- Books › History › World
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