Historical dictionary of United States-Africa relations
The image of Africa among Americans at the beginning of the 21st century is tragic; America's image among Africans is of a place that is splendid but arrogant and unfeeling. Both have large elements of truth. Poverty, coups, corruption, pandemic disease, and tribal, racial, and religious violence are all too common in Africa. So too is Americans' lack of concern about the people of a continent that suffers from these tragedies, as well as their government's support for African governments that treat theirpeople as prey instead of citizens. The Historical Dictionary of United States-Africa Rela
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Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Map of Africa; Chronology; Introduction; The Dictionary; Bibliography; About the Author; Photospread
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