Why is Africa poor?
23 November 2013
”You can date the decline" of the continent, observes the colonial 'Oldest Member’ caricature in Michael Holman's vivid and entertaining new novel, Dizzy Worms, by the decay of its buildings, farms and institutions, what he terms "rings on Africa's post-independence trunk".
The Twilight of White Africa
23 November 2013
What is it about the experience of whites in Rhodesia that readers and publishers find so fascinating? Peter Godwin led the field with his memoir Mukiwa: a White Boy in Africa.
Rabble Rouser for Peace & Mandela
23 November 2013
Rabble Rouser for Peace: The authorized biography of Desmond Tutu, by John Allen
Last Orders at Harrods 3
21 November 2013
If you bought a white wristband in July and seriously believed that a has-been rocker could possibly undo centuries of neglect, corruption and exploitation, Holman's book should be manditory reading, writes ALEXIS FLYNN.
Last Orders at Harrods 2
21 November 2013
Michael Holman's excellent and witty début novel is set in Kuwisha, a collapsing East African nation that occupies a space in the imagination somewhere between Kenya and Tanzania. Last Orders at Harrods, written by FT's former Africa editor, is thronged with characters whose vitality demands attention