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THE SKULL BENEATH THE SKIN: Africa After the Cold War.(Review)(Brief Article)
MARK HUBAND. Westview, $30 (408p) ISBN 0-8133-3598-1
Having ruined Africa during colonial times and the Cold War, the West should stay out of this beleaguered continent in the future, argues Huband in this well-researched if tendentious book. Financial Times editor Huband (Warriors of the Prophet: The Struggle for Islam) expertly traces the devastating posteolonial histories of several African countries, including Zaire, Liberia and Kenya. Situating himself in the middle of war zones in Rwanda, Burundi and elsewhere, he describes scenes of brutality and its aftermath in harrowing detail. For instance, visiting Liberia in 1994 when President Doe was tortured to death by …
