Anthology of an Exiled African Dissident

<p>Five junior military officers in the Gambia ousted the government of Sir Dawda Kairaba Jawara in 1994.</p><p>After three decades of relative political stability under a democratically elected government it was a stunning turn of events - and what followed was two decades of political turmoil tribalism massive corruption disappearances and forced exile.</p><p>Mathew K. Jallow a U.S. citizen who was sentenced to death in absentia for his role in demonstrating against the military dictatorship in his native Gambia examines his homeland's history and how a global movement toppled the junta.</p><p>Jallow captures the slow but steady erosion of human rights economic plunder and the collapse of state institutions under the junta's heavy-handed Machiavellian rule. He also shows how all too often funds meant to help the continent end up in the bank accounts of politicians bureaucrats and the politically connected.</p><p>With his insightful commentary the author helps explain why Africa the wealthiest continent on the planet remains hopelessly poor. He also takes readers into the minds of Africans showing a face of Africa that is still a mystery to much of the developed world.</p>