Vincent Ouattara's book on the trial of 20 alleged coup plotters is a scary and revealing book. Unfortunately you cannot find the truth here: ordinary persons and authors probably will never know the truth of these murky affairs. But the process, the banality, the contortions... you are happy to not be a part of their lives...A site devoted to thoughts about books, reading, and libraries relevant to Africa mostly by Michael Kevane, co-Director of Friends of African Village Libraries, a small 501(c)(3) non-profit devoted to helping village and small community libraries in Africa. I am also an economist at Santa Clara University. Other frequent contributors are Kate Parry, FAVL-East Africa director, and Anne-Reed Angino, FAVL networker extraordinaire! For more information see the FAVL website, http://www.favl.org
Friday, April 20, 2007
Scary reading
Vincent Ouattara's book on the trial of 20 alleged coup plotters is a scary and revealing book. Unfortunately you cannot find the truth here: ordinary persons and authors probably will never know the truth of these murky affairs. But the process, the banality, the contortions... you are happy to not be a part of their lives...
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