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The prize was great -- not just land, but the riches it held, in the form of diamonds and gold. What became a country called South Africa was, unti...

"It provides new perspective and insights into the man and his times. . . . [Meredith] is particularly good in recounting the parallel rise and ine...

Robert Mugabe came to power in Zimbabwe in 1980 after a long civil war in Rhodesia. The white minority government had become an international outca...

In this vast and vivid panorama of history, Martin Meredith, bestselling author of The State of Africa, follows the fortunes of Africa over a perio...