Customer Review: Eric Silla's social history of leprosy (a.k.a. Hansen's disease) in Mali draws the reader into a penetrating exploration not just of a disease but of the regimes of stigma, treatment, and solidarity that have been constructed around it. The author makes use of his own interviews with dozens of... more info
Customer Review: This is one of the most informative books on West Africa that I have read. It is also highly engaging reading. The book is about a deadly rising against the colonial power during the years of First World War. The analysis makes this terrible war understandable whereas the descriptive parts read... more info