This penetrating, timely portrait of Robert Mugabe is the psychobiography of a man whose once brilliant career has ruined Zimbabwe and cast shame on the African continent. Heidi Holland's tireless investigation begins with her having dinner with Mugabe, the freedom fighter, and ends in a searching i[...]

Africa's traditional beliefs--including ancestor worship, divination and witchcraft--continue to dominate its spiritual influences. Readers in search of better understanding of the continent will be enriched by this book's timely exploration of sub-Saharan Africa's natural philosophy. "African Magic[...]