title: The Rift: A New Africa Breaks Free
author:  Alex Perry 
description: <i>"The Rift</i><span>is an immensely readable, shocking and important book. It challenges readers to think about how we relate to a changing continent, the suffering around us, and what it means to do good in the world. A</span><span>n ambitious and controversial approach to answering some of the thorniest questions about Africa's contradictions and its epic quest for freedom."</span><span>-- Jeanette Zwart, Shelf Awareness.</span><br /><br />"Everything I think, said better than I think it." -- Patrick Neate, author of Musungu Jim, Twelve Bar Blues and Jerusalem.<br /><br /><span>"A sharp-eyed look at contemporary Africa. Mr. Perry's ability to capture the complexities of stories in which there are no clear heroes nor outright villains echoes again and again.</span><span>The author is at his strongest when he describes just how many people have done Africa a disservice, even when setting out to help.</span><span>Written with a clear eye after criss-crossing the continent, he offers telling glimpses of an Africa that defies stereotyping." - The Economist.</span>
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  # Caught in a Cold War Trap
  
  
  
  
  
  _Miller Caldwell_
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  # [About the Author](s004-TableOfContents-01.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Miller Caldwell is a Scottish novelist. He graduated from London University
  having studied African industrial development, traditional African religions
  and the colonial history of West Africa. He has had articles published in
  health magazines and _The Scottish Review_.
  
  
  In a life of humanitarian work in Ghana, Pakistan and Scotland, he has gained
  remarkable insights into human nature. He brought an African president to
  tears in West Africa in 2000 and he confronted Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad
  in 2006. He retired from being the regional reporter to the children’s
  hearings in Dumfries & Galloway as he has mild cognitive impairment. He was,
  for twelve years, 