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100 1 $aDuke, Lynne.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002034394
245 10 $aMandela, Mobutu, and me :$ba newswoman's African journey /$cLynne Duke.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bDoubleday,$c2003.
300 $ax, 294 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
500 $aIncludes index.
520 1 $a"For four years as her newspaper's Johannesburg bureau chief, Lynne Duke cut a rare figure as a black American woman foreign correspondent as she raced from story to story in numerous countries of central and southern Africa.
520 8 $aFrom the battle zones of Congo-Zaire to the quest for truth and reconciliation in South Africa; from the teeming displaced person's camps of Angola and the killing fields of the Rwanda genocide to the calming Indian Ocean shores of Mozambique, she interviewed heads of state, captains of industry, activists, tribal leaders, medicine men and women, mercenaries, rebels, refugees, and ordinary, hard-working people. And it is they, the people of Africa, who fueled the hope and affection that drove Duke's reporting.
520 8 $aThe nobility of the ordinary African's struggles, so often absent from accounts of the continent, is at the heart of Duke's searing story.".
520 8 $a"Mandela, Mobutu, and Me is an account of the hard realities Duke discovered, including the devastation wrought by ruthless, rapacious dictators like Mobutu Sese Seko and his successor, Laurent Kabila, in the Congo, and appalling indifference of Europeans and Americans to the legacy of their own exploitation of the continent and its people.
520 8 $aBut Duke also records with admiration the visionary leadership and personal style of Nelson Mandela in South Africa as he led his country's inspiring transition from apartheid in the twilight of his incredible life.".
520 8 $a"Whether she was touring underground gold and copper mines, learning to carry water on her head, filing stories by flashlight, or dodging gunmen, Duke's tour of Africa reveals not only the spirit and travails of an amazing but troubled continent - it also explores the heart and fearlessness of a dedicated journalist."--BOOK JACKET.
651 0 $aSouth Africa$xPolitics and government$y1994-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh94003600
651 0 $aCongo (Democratic Republic)$xPolitics and government$y1997-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98004013
600 10 $aMandela, Nelson,$d1918-2013.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85153068
600 00 $aMobutu Sese Seko,$d1930-1997.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79105734
600 10 $aDuke, Lynne.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002034394
852 00 $boff,glx$hDT1974$i.D85 2003
852 00 $bbar$hDT1974$i.D85 2003