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Howard W. French

Howard W. French, a former foreign correspondent for the New York Times, teaches at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and is the author of A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa.

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A Vigorous, Quiet Revolt: Things Fall Apart At Fifty (Regions and Countries, Fiction, The Short of It)

Published fifty years ago, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart mounted a literary rebellion against the everyday amalgamations and condescension that treat Africa as an undifferentiated wasteland.

Howard W. French

A Powerful Counterhistory of China (Regions and Countries, Non-fiction)

A collection of oral histories reveal a new understanding of the modern Chinese experience.

Howard W. French

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