Publisher's Synopsis
In over 50 years' worth of eye-witness reports on the state of sub-Saharan Africa, written for the Financial Times and other media, Michael Holman provides rare insights into the region's post-independence successes and set-backs. From accounts of the atrocities committed by Rhodesian forces in the 1960s to interviews with Africa's future leaders and assessments of how they actually performed, Michael Holman brings together a lifetime of commentaries about a continent he grew up in, knows acutely and loves dearly.Written with the benefit of unique access, Postmark Africa still holds out hope for the land mass south of the Sahel, in spite of decades of disappointment at the new nations' structural mismanagement and corruption, the destructive policies of donor countries, and the hateful legacy of colonialism.
