Summary of The Fate of Africa: From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair - Martin Meredith

This ebook consists of a summary of the ideas, viewpoints and facts presented by Martin Meredith in his book “The Fate of Africa, From the Hopes of Freedom to the Heart of Despair”. This summary offers a concise overview of the entire book in less than 30 minutes reading time. However this work does not replace in any case Martin Meredith’s book.
Meredith offers an assessment on the evolution of Africa after gaining independence from colonialism. And he shows how the hope of independence has been eroded to despair as greed and ethnic resentment plunged countries into civil war, political dictatorship...