FORTUNES OF AFRICA

It's the best book written on African continent. Martin Meredith had written this book so good and had researched a lot . Explosive content huge amount of information on how this continent is exploited by Europeans .The different regions and their different groups of people has a great role in the Historical Saga . Bought it for Rs 599 and it's worth.

Chose this book over the UNESCO general history of Africa. Explosive content. Would have given 5 stars if it would have included details of rise and dispersal of homo sapiens. Worth purchasing. Seller: Intetrade Price: INR 469 Pur date: Dec 2018

Wonderfully comprehensive and researched

Excellent.

Good material for historically curious readers.

Good

A must read about the dark continent

The book tries too much, and fairly well at that. To compress the history of Africa into one paperback is extremely ambitious. There are obvious gaps, but if you had to get an idea of African history, it is a good place to start. The volume I received looks old, with a fraying spine, and carefully restored cover edges. I feel a bit cheated when a book doesn't smell or look new, especially when I pay full price for the same!

Libro splendido

pouco aberto

Review - The Fortunes of Africa: A 5,000 Year History of Wealth, Greed and Endeavor by Martin Meredith "The Fortunes of Africa" is a rather large survey of the long, complicated history of Africa. As such it picks out highlights of the history. The book gives the reader a brief taste of the various parts of Africa in turn as it's focus shifts round and round the huge geography of the continent and through the 5000 years. The huge amount of material this book surveys limits it's ability to do any location or era true justice. Yet, Martin Meredith, who has written other books on Africa, succeeds in giving the reader a creditable taste of the huge table. The book is well written and enjoyable to read. There are almost no pictures, only two or three maps in my Kindle edition. The maps on my iphone were too small to be of use. The selection of the material is by necessity eclectic. The coverage of the various selections Martin Mededith choose is adequate to understand and appreciate the breadth of the history and to come away better informed than before reading the book. I found the book enlightening and informative on a continent and a history of which I have seldom been exposed. I would recommend "The Fortunes of Africa" to persons wanting to know more of an important part of human history that is all to often passed by.

This is an all-encompassing view of African history since times immemorial up to nowadays. Very well reserched and convincingly exposed. I liked it very much, read it like a romance! Strongly recommended.