Table of Contents
Maps viii
Author's Note xiii
Introduction 1
Part I
1 The Gold Coast Experiment 17
2 Revolt on the Nile 30
3 Land of the Setting Sun 44
4 L'Afrique Noire 58
5 Winds of Change 75
6 Heart of Darkness 93
7 The White South 116
Part II
8 The Birth of Nations 141
9 The First Dance of Freedom 162
10 Feet of Clay 179
11 A House Divided 193
12 Death of an Emperor 206
13 The Coming of Tyrants 218
14 In Search of Ujamaa 249
15 The Passing of the Old Guard 260
16 The Slippery Slope 275
17 The Great Plunderer 293
18 White Dominoes 309
Part III
19 Red Tears 331
20 Fault Lines 344
21 The Scourge of Aids 362
22 The Lost Decade 368
23 The Struggle for Democracy 378
24 A Time of Triumph 412
Part IV
25 In the Name of the Prophet 443
26 Black Hawk Down 464
27 The Graves are Not Yet Full 485
28 Where Vultures Fly 524
29 Blood Diamonds 545
30 No Condition is Permanent 574
31 The Honour of Living 588
32 Black Gold 602
33 A Degree in Violence 619
34 Somewhere Over the Rainbow 653
35 Out of Africa 686
Chapter Notes 705
Select Bibliography 723
Index 752