Crossing Centuries
Tinker, Irene![Crossing Centuries](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/384/38423927/CHSBZCOP0338423927.jpg)
Irene Tinker's vivid memoire recaptures a pivotal moment, circa 1953, when East Africa was on the road to independence. It dramatizes both how far new nations have come since then and how burdened they remain by ghosts of the past. Her book contains useful history, rigorous political science, and fascinating ethnography, all enhanced by the added dimension of a woman's perspective. But, above all, this is a good story, in the tradition of grea...