Howard W. French, Author . Knopf $25 (304p) ISBN 978-0-375-41461-9
Although both tragedy and hope are mentioned in the subtitle, this work of reportage on Africa focuses more on the former than the latter. French was first captivated by Africa after college, in 1980, when he joined his parents and siblings in Ivory
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Howard W. French. Knopf, $27.95 (352p) ISBN 978-0-385-35332-8
Former New York Times Asia correspondent French (China’s Second Continent: How a Million Migrants Are Building a New Empire in Africa) provides a “cultural and historical view of China’s approach to geostrategic power” in this nuanced look at a...
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Born in Blackness: Africa, Africans and the Making of the Modern World, 1471 to the Second World War
Howard W. French. Liveright, $35 (464p) ISBN 978-1-63149-582-3
Gold and slaves from Africa were “the very fulcrum of modernity,” according to this eye-opening if tendentious history. Columbia journalism professor French (A Continent for the Taking) argues that the rise of the West relied on West African gold...
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