Book: I Didn't Do It for You

I Didn't Do It for You : How the World Betrayed a Small African Nation
by Michela Wrong

this is a great book on Eritrea -- its colonialism, its struggle for independence from Ethiopia, and its disheartening collapse afterwards.   Wrong is a great author -- mixing in some personal anecdotes with her fluid history.

summation: for a good book on east africa, try this one.    it was very enjoyable.