I Didn't Do It for You by Michela Wrong
In this revelatory exposé, veteran foreign correspondent Michela Wrong shows how colonialism and power politics have had a dire effect on Eritrea, a small African nation whose embattled history echoes that of the entire continent.
Fascist Italy wanted Eritrea as the springboard for a new, racially pure Roman empire; Britain sold off the nation's industry for scrap; the U.S. used it as the base for a state-of-the-art spy station, and the Soviet Union made it a pawn in a proxy war. Scarred by decades of conflict and occupation, Eritrea has also weathered the world's longest-running guerrilla war. In I Didn't Do It for You, Wrong traces how foreign cynicism forged a prickly and defiant nation. Michela Wrong began her career as a foreign correspondent for the Reuters news agency. She spent six years covering the African continent for Reuters, the BBC, and the Financial Times. Her first book, In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz: Living on the Brink of Disaster in Mobutu's Congo, won a PEN award for nonfiction and was a New York Times Notable Book. She currently lives in London, and travels regularly to Africa."Contemporary history on the grand scale. I was entertained, informed and angered. Wrong has made another essential contribution to our understanding of the post-colonial scramble for Africa. A splendid achievement." -- John le Carré
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Michela Wrong has worked as a foreign correspondent for Reuters, the BBC, and the Financial Times. She has written about Africa for Slate.com and is a frequent commentator on African affairs in the media. Her first book, In the Footsteps of Mr. Kurtz, won the James Stern Silver Pen Award for Nonfiction. She lives in London.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780060780920 |
| ISBN 10 | 0060780924 |
| Title | I Didn't Do It for You |
| Author | Michela Wrong |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | HarperCollins Publishers Inc |
| Year published | 2005-06-14 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
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