Description: Portugal was the first European nation to assert itself aggressively in African affairs. David Birmingham's Portugal and Africa, a collection of uniquely accessible historical essays, surveys this colonial encounter from its earliest roots.
Review Quotes: "All of these essays are written with an overriding preoccupation to communicate and to present complicated stories in a way that the reader can appreciate and assimilate. As glosses on both Angolan history and the Angolan scene over the last thirty years they are little classics, intelligent, witty, informed, and always enlightening."