Gena Showalter (1975) American writer
Source: The Darkest Surrender
“Africa is a mess. It is a mess by any civilized measure of human progress. It is a mess by most uncivilized measures of human progress.”
2000s, 2000, A Continent Bleeds (2000)
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During his 1964 Congressional race. History News Network http://hnn.us/roundup/comments/7534.html