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The Year in Books

February 2008    Each month (except for a summertime hiatus in June and July) a different member of our distinguished panel of book reviewers recommends the best books discussed in Foreign Affairs in the past year. This month, Nicolas van de Walle gives his picks for the best books about Africa.

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The Invisible Cure: Africa, the West, and the Fight Against AIDS
Helen Epstein
Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, 2007
Read November/December 2007 review
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Political Islam in West Africa: State-Society Relations Transformed
William F. S. Miles
Lynne Rienner, 2007
Read November/December 2007 review
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Everyday Corruption and the State: Citizens and Public Officials in Africa
Giorgio Blundo and Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
Zed Books, 2006
Read September/October 2007 review
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The African AIDS Epidemic: A History
John Iliffe
Ohio University Press, 2006
Read May/June 2007 review
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Mandela: A Critical Life
Tom Lodge
Oxford University Press, 2006
Read March/April 2007 review
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Democracy and Elections in Africa
Staffan I. Lindberg
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006
Read January/February 2007 review

The Year in Books Index

2008: May | April | March | February

2007: November | October | September | August | April | March | February | January

2006: December | November | October | September | August | May | April | March | February | January

2005: December | November | October | September | August | May | April | March | February | January

2004: December | November | October | September | June | May | April | March | February | January

2003: December | November | October | August | July | June | May

 

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