Patrick Smith is editor of Africa Confidential. He has been covering political and economic developments in Africa for more than a decade; first as a correspondent for Associated Press and then as editor of Modern Africa. He broadcasts regularly on African issues for BBC radio and television and has contributed to the Economist Intelligence Unit's Research Report on Nigeria and Why Angola Matters published by the University of Cambridge. Smith has lived and worked in several African countries.

"Patrick Smith, his research-Sherpa Juliet Amissah and the team at the authoritative London-based newsletter Africa Confidential have produced a superb slice of political life in a much-misunderstood region. Apart from its use as a reference tool and contact manual, this book distils four turbulent decades through thumbnail sketches of vital players ... this is a definitive political snapshot of fin-de-siècle Southern Africa." Andrew Manley, Times Literary Supplement

• 1. South Africa Country profile and 120 biographies. 2. Angola Country profile and 60 biographies.3. Mozambique Country profile and 60 biographies.4. Zambia Country profile and 80 biographies.5. Zimbabwe Country profile and 80 biographies.6. Research and editorial coordination: Juliet Amissah.

Patrick Smith is editor of Africa Confidential. He has been covering political and economic developments in Africa for more than a decade; first as a correspondent for Associated Press and then as editor of Modern Africa. He broadcasts regularly on African issues for BBC radio and television and has contributed to the Economist Intelligence Unit's Research Report on Nigeria and Why Angola Matters published by the University of Cambridge. Smith has lived and worked in several African countries.

"Patrick Smith, his research-Sherpa Juliet Amissah and the team at the authoritative London-based newsletter Africa Confidential have produced a superb slice of political life in a much-misunderstood region. Apart from its use as a reference tool and contact manual, this book distils four turbulent decades through thumbnail sketches of vital players ... this is a definitive political snapshot of fin-de-siècle Southern Africa." Andrew Manley, Times Literary Supplement

• 1. South Africa Country profile and 120 biographies. 2. Angola Country profile and 60 biographies.3. Mozambique Country profile and 60 biographies.4. Zambia Country profile and 80 biographies.5. Zimbabwe Country profile and 80 biographies.6. Research and editorial coordination: Juliet Amissah.

Patrick Smith is editor of Africa Confidential. He has been covering political and economic developments in Africa for more than a decade; first as a correspondent for Associated Press and then as editor of Modern Africa. He broadcasts regularly on African issues for BBC radio and television and has contributed to the Economist Intelligence Unit's Research Report on Nigeria and Why Angola Matters published by the University of Cambridge. Smith has lived and worked in several African countries.

"Patrick Smith, his research-Sherpa Juliet Amissah and the team at the authoritative London-based newsletter Africa Confidential have produced a superb slice of political life in a much-misunderstood region. Apart from its use as a reference tool and contact manual, this book distils four turbulent decades through thumbnail sketches of vital players ... this is a definitive political snapshot of fin-de-siècle Southern Africa." Andrew Manley, Times Literary Supplement

• 1. South Africa Country profile and 120 biographies. 2. Angola Country profile and 60 biographies.3. Mozambique Country profile and 60 biographies.4. Zambia Country profile and 80 biographies.5. Zimbabwe Country profile and 80 biographies.6. Research and editorial coordination: Juliet Amissah.