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His most recent book is born in africa, published by jonathan ball martin meredith is a historian, journalist and biographer, and author of many acclaimed books on africa. A history of fifty years of independence is an unbiased chronological record of failed leadership in postcolonial africa. Martin meredith is a journalist, biographer and historian who has written extensively on africa and its recent history. Power, plunder, and the struggle for zimbabwe, and mandela. A history of fifty years of independance meredith, martin. Meredith first worked as a foreign correspondent in africa for the observer and sunday times, then as a research fellow at st antonys college, oxford. The state of africa by martin meredith the independent. Meredith first worked as a foreign correspondent in africa for the. His previous books include in the name of apartheid 1988, nelson mandela 1997, coming to terms. The state of africa is arranged more or less chronologically, starting with the story of how the gold coast broke away from british colonial control and finishing in the penultimate chapter with the transition of power from mbeki to zuma in south africa. Africa is forever on our tv screens, but the badnews stories famine, genocide, corruption massively outweigh the good south africa. He is the author of many books including the state of africa. Together, they make for a grim telling of the history of africa in the last 150 years.
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