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Howard W. French


Howard W. French is a senior writer for the New York Times. After teaching at the University of Ivory Coast in the early 1980s, he began his journalism career writing about Africa for the Washington Post, Africa News, The Economist and numerous other publications. Since 1986, he has reported for the Times from Central America, the Caribbean, West and Central Africa, Japan, Korea and now China. In 1997, his coverage of the fall of Mobuto Sese Seko won the Overseas Press Club of America’s award for best newspaper interpretation of foreign affairs. French was born in Washington, D.C., and now lives...

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A Continent for the Taking
Written by Howard W. French

eBook | 320 pages | Vintage | History - Africa
978-0-307-42430-3 (0-307-42430-8)

December 18, 2007 | $13.99

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A Continent for the Taking
Written by Howard W. French

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ISBN: 9780307424303
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In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that...

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A Continent for the Taking
Written by Howard W. French

Trade Paperback | 320 pages | Vintage | History - Africa
978-1-4000-3027-9 (1-4000-3027-7)

April 12, 2005 | $18.95

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A Continent for the Taking
Written by Howard W. French

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ISBN: 9781400030279
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In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that...

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