cover image African Madness

African Madness

Alex Shoumatoff. Vintage Books USA, $9.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-679-72545-9

The New Yorker staff writer investigates the AIDS epidemic in Africa, environmental catastrophe in Madagascar, rumors of cannibalism in the Central African Republic and the legacy of gorilla expert Dian Fossey. ``Shoumatoff's love of the African continent, its fertile potential and enchantment, pulsates through these engaging pieces,'' reported PW . (Feb.)