Karl Maier

KARL MAIER is an American journalist who served as Africa correspondent for The Independent of London for a decade and is the author of three books on Africa. His recent books include This House Has Fallen: Midnight in Nigeria, Into the House of the Ancestors: Inside the New Africa and Angola: Promises and Lies.

Maier has contributed articles to The Washington Post, The Economist, and The Christian Science Monitor, and later spent nearly two decades at Bloomberg News as a Middle East editor and Africa politics team leader.

When not writing, Maier has reported from Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Nigeria, Angola, South Africa, and across the continent. His books draw directly on that experience covering Africa over many years.

Karl lives in Louisville, Kentucky.

Karl Maier’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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