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THE FORTUNES OF AFRICA – A 5000-Year History of  Wealth, Greed, and Endeavour  by MARTIN MEREDITH

THE FORTUNES OF AFRICA

Book Contents

• Land of the Pharaohs
• Venture into the Interior
• A Clash of Empires
• Death on the Nile
• Roman Interlude

• PART II
• Saints and Schisms
• The Arab Conquest
• Highways of the Desert
• Zanj

• PART III
• A Chain of Crosses
• In the Land of Prester John
• The Middle Passage
• Southern Frontiers

• PART IV
• Mamluks and Ottomans
• The Black Guard
• The Sword of Truth
• A Matter of Faith

• PART V
• The Gates of Africa
• The Pasha
• Pieds Noirs
• Bibles, Ploughs and Bullets

• PART VI

• Masters and Servants
• The People of the Heavens
• Republics on the Highveld
• The Missionaries’ Road

• PART VII
• The Tunes of Zanzibar
• Unlocking the Congo
• The Pearl of Africa
• A Game of Thrones

• PART VIII
• The Khedive
• Equatoria
• Delegate of the People
• The Expected One

• PART IX
• Diamond Fever
• The Fellowship of Afrikaners
• The Washing of Spears
• A Chosen People
• The Most Powerful Company in the World

• PART X
• This Magnificent Cake
• Spheres of Interest

• The Eagle and the Lion
• Carving up the Niger
• By Right of Conquest

• PART XI
• New Flower
• Omdurman
• A Desert Fraternity

• PART XII
• Bula Matari
• The Rubber Regime

• PART XIII
• A Tale of Two Towns
• The Road to Ophir
• Marching to Pretoria
• The Extermination Order

• PART XIV
• Interregnum
• A Veiled Protectorate
• Elect of God
• The Goal of Mastery
• The Turn of the Tide

• PART XV
• Before the Deluge
• Revolution on the Nile
• The Nationalist Urge
• Gone with the Wind
• ‘An Honourable Exit’
• The Congo Bet
• In the Name of Apartheid

• PART XVI
• The First Dance of Freedom
• Coups and Dictators
• Lost Decades
• Liberation Wars
• In Search of Democracy
• Soldiers of God
• Platinum Life
• Chapter Notes
• Picture Permissions
• Select Bibliography
• Index