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Mahama chronicles his coming-of-age in Ghana during the dismal post-independence "lost decades" of Africa. It offers a look at the country that has long been co

An important literary debut from the Vice President of Ghana, a fable-like memoir that offers a shimmering microcosm of post-colonial Africa. 'A much welcome wo

The term coup d'état--French for stroke of the state--brings to mind coups staged by power-hungry generals who overthrow the existing regime, not to democratiz

Acetate overlay in pocket.Includes index. Bibliography: p. 307-308.

In this lively and provocative book, Erica De Bruin looks at the threats that rulers face from their own armed forces. Can they make their regimes impervious to