The Resource The Rift : a New Africa Breaks Free, Alex Perry
The Rift : a New Africa Breaks Free, Alex Perry
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- Summary
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- "A vivid, powerful and controversial look at how the world gets Africa wrong, and how a resurgent Africa is forcing it to think again, "--Amazon.com
- Africa has long been misunderstood--and abused--by outsiders. This huge, diverse continent resists the one-size-fits-all solutions of aid workers and policy makers. In this evocative, poetic, and occasionally angry look at an emerging continent, award-winning journalist Alex Perry acknowledges its complexity and dares to ask, and answer: How will Africa's growth change it, and our idea of it, and even of ourselves? With both empathy and skepticism, Perry observes a rapidly globalizing landscape filled with the violent turmoil, rampant corruption, and economic challenges that most readers know--but also a continent sensing the end of an epic, centuries-old quest for liberation. Beginning with a stunning investigation into a largely unreported war crime in Somalia in 2011, Perry travels across all forty-nine sub-Saharan countries, meeting entrepreneurs and warlords, professors and cocaine smugglers, presidents and jihadists. From the drug ports of Guinea-Bissau and the genocide crypts of Rwanda to the remaking of Lagos, Africa's biggest city, and a homestay with Barack Obama's family in Kenya, Perry finds communities changing quickly, deeply, and unevenly--but ultimately breaking free. The culmination of close to a decade of on-the-ground reporting, this book is a fearless challenge to the conventional wisdom on Africa.--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, September 2015"--Title page verso
- Contents
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- pt. I: Getting Africa Wrong
- Somalia
- Genesis
- pt. II: The Rift
- South Sudan
- Uganda and the Central African Republic
- Rwanda and Congo
- Zimbabwe
- South Africa
- Made in Africa
- Guinea-Bissau and Mali
- Nigeria
- Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda
- pt. III: The New Africa
- Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Kenya
- China in Africa
- The New Africa
- Isbn
- 9780316333771
- Label
- The Rift : a New Africa Breaks Free
- Title
- The Rift
- Title remainder
- a New Africa Breaks Free
- Statement of responsibility
- Alex Perry
- Subject
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- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Africa -- Politics and government
- Africa -- History -- 1960-
- Forecasting
- History
- Politics and government
- Schwarzafrika
- Africa -- Forecasting -- 21st century
- Africa -- Economic conditions
- Sozioökonomischer Wandel
- Economic history
- Social conditions
- Since 1960
- Africa -- Social conditions
- Africa
- Language
- eng
- Summary
-
- "A vivid, powerful and controversial look at how the world gets Africa wrong, and how a resurgent Africa is forcing it to think again, "--Amazon.com
- Africa has long been misunderstood--and abused--by outsiders. This huge, diverse continent resists the one-size-fits-all solutions of aid workers and policy makers. In this evocative, poetic, and occasionally angry look at an emerging continent, award-winning journalist Alex Perry acknowledges its complexity and dares to ask, and answer: How will Africa's growth change it, and our idea of it, and even of ourselves? With both empathy and skepticism, Perry observes a rapidly globalizing landscape filled with the violent turmoil, rampant corruption, and economic challenges that most readers know--but also a continent sensing the end of an epic, centuries-old quest for liberation. Beginning with a stunning investigation into a largely unreported war crime in Somalia in 2011, Perry travels across all forty-nine sub-Saharan countries, meeting entrepreneurs and warlords, professors and cocaine smugglers, presidents and jihadists. From the drug ports of Guinea-Bissau and the genocide crypts of Rwanda to the remaking of Lagos, Africa's biggest city, and a homestay with Barack Obama's family in Kenya, Perry finds communities changing quickly, deeply, and unevenly--but ultimately breaking free. The culmination of close to a decade of on-the-ground reporting, this book is a fearless challenge to the conventional wisdom on Africa.--
- Assigning source
- Adapted from book jacket
- Cataloging source
- IFJ
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Perry, Alex
- Dewey number
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- 320.96
- 960.3/3
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DT30.5
- LC item number
- .P385 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Africa
- Economic history
- Forecasting
- Politics and government
- Social conditions
- Africa
- Sozioökonomischer Wandel
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Schwarzafrika
- Label
- The Rift : a New Africa Breaks Free, Alex Perry
- Link
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, September 2015"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-422) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. I: Getting Africa Wrong -- Somalia -- Genesis -- pt. II: The Rift -- South Sudan -- Uganda and the Central African Republic -- Rwanda and Congo -- Zimbabwe -- South Africa -- Made in Africa -- Guinea-Bissau and Mali -- Nigeria -- Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda -- pt. III: The New Africa -- Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Kenya -- China in Africa -- The New Africa
- Control code
- ocn927447103
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316333771
- Lccn
- 2015946918
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780316333771
- (OCoLC)927447103
- Label
- The Rift : a New Africa Breaks Free, Alex Perry
- Link
- Note
- "Originally published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, September 2015"--Title page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-422) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- pt. I: Getting Africa Wrong -- Somalia -- Genesis -- pt. II: The Rift -- South Sudan -- Uganda and the Central African Republic -- Rwanda and Congo -- Zimbabwe -- South Africa -- Made in Africa -- Guinea-Bissau and Mali -- Nigeria -- Kenya, Somalia, and Uganda -- pt. III: The New Africa -- Ethiopia, Nigeria, and Kenya -- China in Africa -- The New Africa
- Control code
- ocn927447103
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First North American edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 432 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780316333771
- Lccn
- 2015946918
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- color illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780316333771
- (OCoLC)927447103
Subject
- Africa
- Africa -- Economic conditions
- Africa -- Forecasting -- 21st century
- Africa -- History -- 1960-
- Africa -- Politics and government
- Africa -- Social conditions
- Economic history
- Forecasting
- History
- Politics and government
- Schwarzafrika
- Since 1960
- Social conditions
- Sozioökonomischer Wandel
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
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