A CONTINENT FOR THE TAKING: THE TRAGEDY AND HOPE OF AFRICA
Book ID/图书代码： 15B77798
English Summary/英文概要： In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that left millions dead. Blending eyewitness reportage with rich historical insight, French searches deeply into the causes of today’s events, illuminating the debilitating legacy of colonization and the abiding hypocrisy and inhumanity of both Western and African political leaders.
While he captures the tragedies that have repeatedly befallen Africa’s peoples, French also opens our eyes to the immense possibility that lies in Africa’s complexity, diversity, and myriad cultural strengths. The culmination of twenty-five years of passionate exploration and understanding, this is a powerful and ultimately hopeful book about a fascinating and misunderstood continent.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在此书中，Howard W.French，纽约时报的资深记者，以一种引人注目的关于一些非洲最具破坏性的近代史的第一手资料——从Mobutu Sese Seko的陨落到Charles Taylor抵达Monrovia，再到卢旺达和刚果的导致数百万死亡的种族灭绝。融合目击者报告文学以丰富的历史洞察力。French深入搜索到今日事件的起因，照亮殖民化的破坏性遗产和照明殖民化的破坏性遗产，遵从虚伪和不人道的西方和非洲的政治领导人。
虽然他捕获一再降临非洲人民的悲剧，French同样也为我们展现了巨大的可能性存在于非洲的复杂性、多样性和无数的文化优势。25年的充满激情的探索和理解的高潮，这是一本关于一个迷人和被误解的大陆的有力的和充满希望的书。(LNL)
Awards/获奖情况：这本书，结合了 Ryszard Kapuscinski的“太阳之阴”照亮世界的一部分，是大多数美国人（像我这样的？）自认为他们很好地跟随时事而并不对此很了解的。我建议先阅读Kapuscinski的书因为它会为你对French先生书里的事件做一个更好的理解。两本书都是很优秀和值得阅读去理解发生在非洲的事。
This book, combined with "The Shadow of the Sun" by Ryszard Kapuscinski illuminates a part of the world that most Americans who think they follow current events well (like myself?) really don’t know much about. I recommend reading the Kapuscinski book first as it will give you a better understanding of the events related in Mr. French’s book. Both are excellent and worth reading to understand what happens in Africa.
About the Author/作者介绍： Howard W. French是一个纽约时报的资深作家。20世纪80年代早期砸 Ivory Coast大学任教，他开始了他的记者生涯为华盛顿邮报、非洲新闻、经济学家和许多其他读物写关于非洲的东西。自1986年以来，他已经为时代日报报道了从美洲，加勒比海地区，西非和中非，日本，韩国，到现在的中国。在1997年，他的报道囊括了了从Mobuto Sese Seko的陨落而赢得的因外交事务的最好诠释报纸而拿到的海外新闻俱乐部美国奖。 French出生在华盛顿，现和他的妻子和两个孩子住在上海。
Howard W. French is a senior writer for the New York Times. After teaching at the University of Ivory Coast in the early 1980s, he began his journalism career writing about Africa for the Washington Post, Africa News, The Economist and numerous other publications. Since 1986, he has reported for the Times from Central America, the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, Japan, Korea, and now China. In 1997, his coverage of the fall of Mobuto Sese Seko won the Overseas Press Club of America’s award for best newspaper interpretation of foreign affairs. French was born in Washington, D.C., and now lives in Shanghai with his wife and their two children.
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