Demystifying an Ancient Autocracy Inside the Vatican: The Politics and Organization of the Catholic Church by Thomas J. Reese Harvard. 317 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Jonathan Kwitny Author,...
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The Role of Rome The Christian Church in the Cold War By Owen Chadwick Viking. 230 pp. $25.00. The Final Revolution: The Resistance Church and the Collapse of Communism By George...
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Holding On in Africa We Must Run While They Walk: A Portrait of Africa's Julius Nyerere By William Edgett Smith Random House. 296 pp. $7.95. Reviewed by Jonathan Kwitny Specialist in African...
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Africa Through Crimson Glasses Power in Africa By Ruth First Pantheon. 513 pp. $10.00. Reviewed by Jonathan Kwitny Teacher in Nigeria, 1966-67; recently returned from second trip to...
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A COMPARISON WITH BLACK AFRICA The Myth of Indian Progress by jonathan kwitny New Delhi Arriving here after having returned to Africa for several months, I couldn't help being struck by the...
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AFTER THE CIVIL WAR Slow Progress in Nigeria BY JONATHAN KWITNY Lagos To a stranger visiting Lagos, Nigeria might seem to be agonizing in problems brought on by the bloody, 30-month civil war...
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NATIONAL REPORTS Small Farmers Search for Migrant Labor By Jonathan Kwitny Holmdel, New Jersey Under the winter frost, unpicked tomatoes are decaying in a field alongside Route 35 in central...
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NATIONAL REPORTS Curbing the Second Mortgage Racket By Jonathan Kwitny The flurry of amendments that beefed up the Truth-in-Lending Bill before it passed the House of Representatives last...
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BACKGROUND TO TRIBALISM Nigeria in Focus By Jonathan Kwitny Lagos It is a commentary on the pitch of emotions, the threat of violence, and the virulence of the rivalries now rending Nigeria...
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