Tribute to Jonathan Makeba -

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Résumé :
Jonathan Makeba was a politician and businessman from Burkina Faso, West Africa. He negotiates a deal with a big company to mine phosphate and improve the country's economy. However before the project starts he suddenly goes missing. An economic adviser from Brazil, Altair Maia is hired to rescue the project and investigate his disappearance.

Biographie:
Altair de Sousa Maia is an economist at the University of Brasilia in Brazil, specializing in overseas commerce. He is the author of 9 books. For ten years he worked at the Ministries of Overseas Affairs and Trade and Commerce in Brazil. He has taught at the Catholic University of Brasilia, in UNEB (The Educational Union of Brazil), and in the School of Commercial Administration of the Ministry of Work. As a professional liberal and consultant, he has undertaken many diverse projects connected with imports and exports. He has taken part in trade fairs and commercial missions in a number of countries, principally in Europe, the Americas and Africa. Today he works as an international consultant, specializing in African affairs, and lectures in many universities and other establishments, both in Brazil and other countries.

Sommaire:
Prologue; An invitation by e-mail; The first meeting; Getting to Know a Project for Africa; Finalizing the details for the trip; The meeting with Canada Phosphates; The start of a trip of a lifetime; Reflections on the African economic situation; Coloring in a grayscale image; For whom the bell tolls; Confidential Information; Arriving in Ouagadougou; Burkina Faso and Niger - The West Coast of Africa; The Sahel; A Zone in Permanent Conflict; The first day at work in Burkina; The Future of the Project, or a Project with no Future?; Confirming the bluff; The Visit to Niger; A Friendly Meeting in Niamey; Jonathan Makeba Comes to Dinner; Visiting the Burkina Societe Miniere Project; An Inconclusive Conclusion; Better to dine alone than in bad company; A late-night revelation; The Baobab Tree; A Late Night Phone Call; The flight from Burkina; Mr. Stuart's help; Taking off for Paris; An African leader on the streets of Paris; The unjust sleep of the just; An unexpected reaction; Farewell to Paris; Epilog.