The Rift, a New Africa Breaks Free, Alex Perry
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The Rift, a New Africa Breaks Free, Alex Perry
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 417-422) and index
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mapsplatesillustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The Rift
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
927447103
Responsibility statement
Alex Perry
Sub title
a New Africa Breaks Free
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.comAfrica 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.--, Adapted from book jacket
Table Of 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
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- Economic history
- Africa
- Schwarzafrika
- Politics and government
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Sozioökonomischer Wandel
- History
- Forecasting
- Social conditions
- Africa -- Forecasting -- 21st century
- Africa -- Economic conditions
- Since 1960
- Africa -- History -- 1960-
- Africa -- Social conditions
- Africa -- Politics and government
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- Economic history
- Africa
- Schwarzafrika
- Politics and government
- Wirtschaftsentwicklung
- Sozioökonomischer Wandel
- History
- Forecasting
- Social conditions
- Africa -- Forecasting -- 21st century
- Africa -- Economic conditions
- Since 1960
- Africa -- History -- 1960-
- Africa -- Social conditions
- Africa -- Politics and government
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