http://www.newstatesman.com/writers/dinaw_mengestu en http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/06/africa-war-burma-beah-sudan http://www.newstatesman.com/books/2007/06/africa-war-burma-beah-sudan Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:00:00 GMT Dinaw Mengestu For years, the west saw Africa as a distant "hell" of coups, refugees and revolutions. But its writers tell a different - and more disturbing - story

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