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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Meredith, Martin. First dance of freedom. New York : Harper & Row, c1984 (OCoLC)558525828 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Martin Meredith |
| ISBN: | 0064356582 9780064356589 0064301508 9780064301503 |
| OCLC Number: | 11234955 |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
| Description: | xiv, 412 p. : maps ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Author's introduction -- London -- Paris -- Brussels -- Lisbon -- The wider world -- The rise of Nkrumah -- The 'Mau Mau' rebellion -- The battle of central Africa -- On the threshold -- A time of triumph -- The French solution -- A fire in Nyasaland -- The winds of change -- The release of Kenyatta -- The fate of the federation -- The transfer of power -- Chaos in the Congo -- Rhodesia's rebellion -- The early years -- The fall of Nkrumah -- Nigeria's civil war -- The plight of Uganda -- Coups and dictators -- Areas of conflict -- The collapse of the Portuguese empire -- Rhodesia's war -- The long distance men -- Africa's economic spiral -- Tanzania's 'Ujamaa' -- The Ivory Coast's 'miracle' -- Epilogue. |
| Responsibility: | Martin Meredith. |
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