French's work has been published in The Nation, the New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, and Rolling Stone among other publications. He was The New York Times' bureau chief for West Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, Japan, the Koreas, and China for 18 years. He is the aut...
French's work has been published in The Nation, the New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, and Rolling Stone among other publications. He was The New York Times' bureau chief for West Africa, Central America, the Caribbean, Japan, the Koreas, and China for 18 years. He is the author of A Continent for the Taking: The Tragedy and Hope of Africa.