Chinua Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah (1989). A brilliant fictional account of post-
Frederick Cooper, Africa since 1940 (2002). A readable overview of the coming of independence and efforts at development by a leading historian of Africa.
Ramachandra Guha, India after Gandhi: The History of the World’s Largest Democracy (2007). A thoughtful account of India’s first six decades of independence.
John Isbister, Promises Not Kept (2006). A well-
Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela (1995). Mandela’s account of his own amazing life as nationalist leader and South African statesman.
W. David McIntyre, British Decolonization, 1946–1997 (1998). A global history of the demise of the British Empire.
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