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    Nine books for spring

    Feb 27, 2020 2 minutes
    WORDS PAUL BLOOMFIELD & MATT ELTON

    Land of Tears: The Exploration and Exploitation of Equatorial Africa

    by Robert Harms

    Basic Books, out now

    Starting in the late 19th century, the full force of global demand for resources – ivory, rubber, enslaved people – was brought to bear upon the communities

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