This House Has Fallen: Nigeria in Crisis (平装)
分類: 图书,进口原版书,History(历史),Africa(非洲),West Africa,
品牌: Karl Maier
基本信息出版社:Penguin (2002年1月31日)平装:368页正文语种:英语ISBN:0140298843条形码:9780140298840产品尺寸及重量:19.4 x 13 x 2 cm ; 259 gASIN:0140298843
商品描述内容简介'This is an example of a country that has fallen down; it has collapsed. This house has fallen.' - Chinua Achebe. Nigeria is one of the most complex and fascinating countries in the world. It is staggeringly diverse, its population (twice that of Britain's) is split into some 300 different ethnic groups and its geography ranges from the dense tropical jungles of the south to the arid Sahel of the north. One in six of all Africans live in Nigeria. "This House Has Fallen" is both a gripping account of the contemporary crisis in a country seemingly always on the edge of a nervous breakdown and an evocation of the reality of day to day life under impossible circumstances.作者简介Karl Maier is an American journalist based in London. He is the author of ANGOLA: PROMISES AND LIES and INTO THE HOUSE OF THE ANCESTORS: INSIDE THE NEW AFRICA.