Even the best cooking pot will not produce food.

A chattering bird builds no nest.

A goat owned by two people sleeps outside.

To get lost is to learn the way.

When the shepherd is away, the sheep will scatter.

He who does not know one thing knows another.

A bird will always use another bird’s feathers to feather its own nest.

A single bracelet does not jingle.

The sun will shine on those who stand before it shines on those who kneel under them.

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After a lifetime's close observation of the continent, one of the world's finest Africa correspondents has penned a landmark book on life and death in modern Africa. It takes a guide as observant, experienced, and patient as Richard Dowden to reveal its truths. Dowden combines a novelist's gift for atmosphere with the scholar's grasp of historical change as he spins tales of cults and commerce in Senegal and traditional spirituality in Sierra Leone; analyzes the impact of oil and the internet on Nigeria and aid on Sudan; and examines what has gone so badly wrong in Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Burundi, and the Congo. Dowden's master work is an attempt to explain why Africa is the way it is, and enables its readers to see and understand this miraculous continent as a place of inspiration and tremendous humanity.

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