{"product_id":"designing-west-africa-9781349528899","title":"Designing West Africa","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany African nations are now described as 'fourth world nations', ones which essentially have no future. Focusing on the six most visible leaders of the period - painting detailed portraits of them both as leaders and as people - Schwab looks at how Africa served as a ground to play out larger international conflicts, namely the Cold War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePraise for Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"For anyone interested in the reality of Africa, this is the book to read.\" - Amos Sawyer, President of Liberia, 1990-1994\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Offers brief, invaluable descriptions of several countries circumstances...readers will gain much from this astute analysis.\" - Publishers Weekly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: U.S., European, and West African Ideological Designs The Conservatives William V.S. Tubman: Liberia's Conservative Designer Félix Houphouët-Boigny: A French Client in the Ivory Coast Senegal and Léopold Sédar Senghor: Francophile Nation and Poet Nigeria: The State that Lost its Future The Radicals Kwame Nkrumah: Ghana's Nationalist Icon Sékou Touré: Guinea's Fidel Castro, and His Connection to the Political Thought of Mali's Modibo Keita Conclusion: The Appalling Aftermath","brand":"Palgrave MacMillan Us","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742422270295,"sku":"9781349528899","price":23.74,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781349528899.jpg?v=1758384869","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/designing-west-africa-9781349528899","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}