The Resource The Rift : a new Africa breaks free, Alex Perry
The Rift : a new Africa breaks free, Alex Perry
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The item The Rift : a new Africa breaks free, Alex Perry represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- Alex Perry's lyrical exploration of the new Africa came about after a spell in jail, visits to numerous wars and, eventually, his resignation as a news correspondent. But this is no tale of African woe. Taking the Great Rift Valley - the geological fault that will eventually tear Africa in two - as his central metaphor, Perry explores the split between a resurgent Africa and a world at odds with its rise. Africa has long been misunderstood - and abused - by outsiders. Perry travelled the continent for most of a decade, meeting with entrepreneurs and warlords, professors and cocaine smugglers, presidents and jihadis. He uncovers a place that is defiantly rising from centuries of oppression to become an economic and political titan: where cash is becoming a thing of the past, where astronomers are unlocking the origin of life and where, twenty-five years after Live Aid, Ethiopia's first yuppies are traders on an electronic food exchange
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xvi, 431 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
-
- Includes index
- ''Dispatches from a changing continent" -- cover
- Contents
-
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Getting Africa Wrong
- 1.Somalia
- 2.Genesis
- pt. II The Rift
- 3.South Sudan
- 4.Uganda and the Central African Republic
- 5.Rwanda and Congo
- 6.Zimbabwe
- 7.South Africa
- 8.Made in Africa
- 9.Guinea-Bissau and Mali
- 10.Nigeria
- 11.Kenya, Somalia and Uganda
- pt. III The New Africa
- 12.Ethiopia, Nigeria and Kenya
- 13.China in Africa
- 14.The New Africa
- Isbn
- 9780297871224
- Label
- The Rift : a new Africa breaks free
- Title
- The Rift
- Title remainder
- a new Africa breaks free
- Statement of responsibility
- Alex Perry
- Subject
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- trueAfrica -- Politics and government
- trueAfrica -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- Africa -- Forecasting -- 21st century
- trueAfrica -- Economic conditions
- trueAfrica -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- trueAfrica -- Social conditions
- trueAfrica -- History
- trueAfrica -- Social conditions -- 21st century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Alex Perry's lyrical exploration of the new Africa came about after a spell in jail, visits to numerous wars and, eventually, his resignation as a news correspondent. But this is no tale of African woe. Taking the Great Rift Valley - the geological fault that will eventually tear Africa in two - as his central metaphor, Perry explores the split between a resurgent Africa and a world at odds with its rise. Africa has long been misunderstood - and abused - by outsiders. Perry travelled the continent for most of a decade, meeting with entrepreneurs and warlords, professors and cocaine smugglers, presidents and jihadis. He uncovers a place that is defiantly rising from centuries of oppression to become an economic and political titan: where cash is becoming a thing of the past, where astronomers are unlocking the origin of life and where, twenty-five years after Live Aid, Ethiopia's first yuppies are traders on an electronic food exchange
- Cataloging source
- NLIVL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Perry, Alex
- Dewey number
- 960
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Rift : a new Africa breaks free, Alex Perry
- Note
-
- Includes index
- ''Dispatches from a changing continent" -- cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- cartographic image
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
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- sti
- cri
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Getting Africa Wrong -- 1.Somalia -- 2.Genesis -- pt. II The Rift -- 3.South Sudan -- 4.Uganda and the Central African Republic -- 5.Rwanda and Congo -- 6.Zimbabwe -- 7.South Africa -- 8.Made in Africa -- 9.Guinea-Bissau and Mali -- 10.Nigeria -- 11.Kenya, Somalia and Uganda -- pt. III The New Africa -- 12.Ethiopia, Nigeria and Kenya -- 13.China in Africa -- 14.The New Africa
- Control code
- 000055762008
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 431 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780297871224
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)920376225
- Label
- The Rift : a new Africa breaks free, Alex Perry
- Note
-
- Includes index
- ''Dispatches from a changing continent" -- cover
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- still image
- cartographic image
- still image
- cartographic image
- Content type code
-
- sti
- cri
- sti
- cri
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: pt. I Getting Africa Wrong -- 1.Somalia -- 2.Genesis -- pt. II The Rift -- 3.South Sudan -- 4.Uganda and the Central African Republic -- 5.Rwanda and Congo -- 6.Zimbabwe -- 7.South Africa -- 8.Made in Africa -- 9.Guinea-Bissau and Mali -- 10.Nigeria -- 11.Kenya, Somalia and Uganda -- pt. III The New Africa -- 12.Ethiopia, Nigeria and Kenya -- 13.China in Africa -- 14.The New Africa
- Control code
- 000055762008
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- xvi, 431 pages, [16] unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780297871224
- Isbn Type
- (hardback)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- colour illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)920376225
Subject
- trueAfrica -- Economic conditions
- trueAfrica -- Economic conditions -- 21st century
- Africa -- Forecasting -- 21st century
- trueAfrica -- History
- trueAfrica -- Politics and government
- trueAfrica -- Politics and government -- 21st century
- trueAfrica -- Social conditions
- trueAfrica -- Social conditions -- 21st century
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