Straight speaking for Africa / Denis Sassou Nguesso ; interviews with Edouard Dor ; preface by Nelson Mandela.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sassou Nguesso, Denis, 1943-

Contributor:

Dor, Edouard, 1945-

Standardized Title:

Parler vrai pour l'Afrique. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Sassou Nguesso, Denis, 1943-.

Sassou Nguesso, Denis.

Congo (Brazzaville)--Politics and government--1960-1997.

Congo (Brazzaville).

Politics and government.

Sassou Nguesso, Denis, 1943---Interviews.

Genre:

Interviews.

Physical Description:

260 pages : maps ; 23 cm

Other Title:

Denis Sassou Nguesso interviews

Place of Publication:

Trenton, NJ : Africa World Press, Inc., 2009.

Contents:

Part 1 19

1 Hunting buffalo with an assegai 21

2 A Hundred-kilometre walk to school 25

3 Choosing the army 33

4 The communist option 37

5 A vast outlet for political unrest 43

6 Retreat to Oyo 53

7 The political wilderness 61

8 Ready once again 69

9 Twelve years as president: a political appraisal 81

10 Twelve years as president: an economic appraisal 89

11 The Congo and the world economic crisis 97

Part 2 107

12 Looking back on colonisation 109

13 Why Brazzaville? 113

14 French portraits 121

15 "Francafrique?" 131

16 African portraits 137

17 At Southern Africa's side 143

18 Hearing the voice of Africa 151

19 The United States of Africa? 155

20 A seat for Africa 163

21 A region in the making 167

22 On the other side of the ocean 173

Part 3 179

23 Rumours and defamation 181

24 Power 191

25 The Congo for the environment 197

26 "A sound mind in a sound body" 201

27 Solidarity in action 205

Part 4 209

28 "La nouvelle esperance" 211

29 A modernised Congo 215

30 Enhanced dialogue 221

31 A promising future for the region 223

32 Necessary industrialisation 225

33 A welcoming Congo 229

34 The "path of the future" 231.

Notes:

"Translated from French by Simon Beaver"--T.p. verso.

ISBN:

9781592217403

1592217400

OCLC:

435420460