Africa age of darkness

Africa age of darknessAfter a lifetime's close observation of the continent, one of the world's finest Africa correspondents has penned a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa. It takes a guide as observant, experienced, and patient as Richard Dowden to reveal its truths. Dowden combines a novelist's gift for atmosphere with the scholar's grasp of historical change as he spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone;

We meet the family's brilliant and charismatic father

A New York Times Editor's Choice

After learning all they could about Earth and its beings

Cooking doesn't have to be complicated to be impressive

On the brink of a terrifying discovery

The Countess of Grignan remarked that they were traveling "like two heroines out of a novel

and between the body and the mind

Become a passionate

Dave and Clarice learn the importance of promises made and kept -- and the truth that help sometimes comes from unlikely places

Others are less well known but have earned a broad appreciation

Illustrated with photos from Ginsberg's private archive and enhanced by an appendix of over 100 of Ginsberg's earliest poems

resulting in one of the world's largest humanitarian and political crises