Reddit reviews A Man of the People

I don't particularly like Dead Aid, although I think Ed Carr articulated its many, many problems better than I could.

As alternatives, I would recommend:

• Bill Easterly, The White Man's Burden
  
  
• James Ferguson, The Anti-Politics Machine
  
  
• Edward Carr, Delivering Development
  
  I definitely agree with you on fiction as a great source of learning about Africa. Along with your recommendations I would add:
  
  
• Ken Saro-Wiwa, Sozaboy
  
  
• Chinua Achebe's Anthills of the Savannah, No Longer at Ease, and A Man of the People