Bibliograph

Dictatorland, the men who stole Africa, Paul Kenyon ; maps by Jeff Edwards

Type

Label

Dictatorland, the men who stole Africa, Paul Kenyon ; maps by Jeff Edwards

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 431-441) and index

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contains biographical information

Illustrations

platesillustrationsmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Dictatorland

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1022267301

Responsibility statement

Paul Kenyon ; maps by Jeff Edwards

Sub title

the men who stole Africa

Summary

"The dictator who grew so rich on his country's cocoa crop that he built a 35-story-high basilica in the jungles of the Ivory Coast. The austere, incorruptible leader who has shut Eritrea off from the world in a permanent state of war and conscripted every adult into the armed forces. In Equatorial Guinea, the paranoid despot who thought Hitler was the savior of Africa and waged a relentless campaign of terror against his own people. The Libyan army officer who authored a new work of political philosophy, The Green Book. And behind these almost incredible stories of fantastic violence and excess lie the dark secrets of Western greed and complicity, the insatiable taste for chocolate, oil, diamonds and gold that have encouraged dictators to rule with an iron hand, siphoning off their share of the action into mansions in Paris and banks in Zurich and keeping their people in dire poverty"--, Provided by publisher

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

Men who stole Africa

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