Basil Davidson on the nation-state in Africa and its huge disappointments, its relationship to the colonial years and the parallels with events in Eastern Europe.
North America: Times/Random House
- ISBN10 0852557019
- ISBN13 9780852557013
- Publish Date 24 September 1992 (first published 5 May 1992)
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 11 November 1993
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint James Currey
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 368
- Language English