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The Shackled Continent

2013-03-28 History
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Release : 2013-03-28
Genre : History
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Book Synopsis The Shackled Continent by : Robert Guest

Download or read book The Shackled Continent written by Robert Guest. This book was released on 2013-03-28. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Africa is the only continent to have grown poorer over the past three decades. Why? Robert Guest's fascinating book seeks to diagnose the sickness that continues to hobble Africa's development. Using reportage, first-hand experience and economic insight, Robert Guest takes us to the roots of the problems. Two fifths of African nations are at war, AIDS has lowered life expectancy to as young as forty and investment is almost impossible as houses that could be used as collateral do not formally belong to their owners. Most shocking of all is the evidence that the billions of dollars of aid, given to Africa has had little perceptible effect on the poor. The Shackled Continent offers insightful, and occassionally controversial, explanations for this state of affairs. In this magnificent and engaging book, Robert Guest provides an invigorating history and an inspired commentary on the enigma of modern Africa and this paperback edition includes a new chapter. 'I doubt whether there is a better brief introduction to the travails of modern Africa and their causes' Anthony Daniels, Sunday Telegraph 'He is a lively and observant reporter who can describe, in a breezy no-nonsense style, the horrors and miseries of Africans in the interior. . .The reader can learn much from this lively and outspoken book' Anthony Sampson, Guardian

The Shackled Continent

2010-09-14 Social Science
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Release : 2010-09-14
Genre : Social Science
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Book Synopsis The Shackled Continent by : Robert Guest

Download or read book The Shackled Continent written by Robert Guest. This book was released on 2010-09-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A former Africa editor for The Economist, Robert Guest addresses the troubled continent's thorniest problems: war, AIDS, and above all, poverty. Newly updated with a preface that considers political and economic developments of the past six years, The Shackled Continent is engrossing, highly readable, and as entertaining as it is tragic. Guest pulls the veil off the corruption and intrigue that cripple so many African nations, posing a provocative theory that Africans have been impoverished largely by their own leaders' abuses of power. From the minefields of Angola to the barren wheat fields of Zimbabwe, Guest gathers startling evidence of the misery African leaders have inflicted on their people. But he finds elusive success stories and examples of the resilience and resourcefulness of individual Africans, too; from these, he draws hope that the continent will eventually prosper. Guest offers choices both commonsense and controversial for Africans and for those in the West who wish Africa well.

The Shackled Continent

2004 Africa
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Release : 2004
Genre : Africa
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Book Rating : 886/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Shackled Continent by : Robert Guest

Download or read book The Shackled Continent written by Robert Guest. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A study of modern Africa, mixing careful analysis with racy first-hand reportage. Why is Africa so poor? Why are so many of its nations at war? Why is AIDS devastating Africa like nowhere else? And why do African entrepreneurs find it so hard to borrow money? In this provocative book, Robert Guest argues that the continent's problems stem largely from bad government. Guest has reported from some 25 African countries for The Economist, but wears his expertise lightly. His subject is serious, but he writes with irresistible colour and wit.

The Shackled Continent

2004 Africa
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Release : 2004
Genre : Africa
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Download or read book The Shackled Continent written by Robert Guest. This book was released on 2004. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Continent for the Taking

2007-12-18 History
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Release : 2007-12-18
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 308/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis A Continent for the Taking by : Howard W. French

Download or read book A Continent for the Taking written by Howard W. French. This book was released on 2007-12-18. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In A Continent for the Taking Howard W. French, a veteran correspondent for The New York Times, gives a compelling firsthand account of some of Africa’s most devastating recent history–from the fall of Mobutu Sese Seko, to Charles Taylor’s arrival in Monrovia, to the genocide in Rwanda and the Congo that left millions dead. Blending eyewitness reportage with rich historical insight, French searches deeply into the causes of today’s events, illuminating the debilitating legacy of colonization and the abiding hypocrisy and inhumanity of both Western and African political leaders. While he captures the tragedies that have repeatedly befallen Africa’s peoples, French also opens our eyes to the immense possibility that lies in Africa’s complexity, diversity, and myriad cultural strengths. The culmination of twenty-five years of passionate exploration and understanding, this is a powerful and ultimately hopeful book about a fascinating and misunderstood continent.

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