Books by Alec Russell

This text is a portrait of a continent through the author's encounters with African leaders from Zaire to South Africa. Russell recounts meetings with each in an attempt to answer questions of Africa's future: can a new generation of leaders change the future or is Africa doomed to further turmoil?

"A brisk, lively and vividly written portrait of post-apartheid South Africa" Peter Godwin, author of MukiwaIn the early 1990s, the African National Congress, led by Nelson Mandela, engaged in a historic and peaceful transition to power in South Africa.