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Africa's Moment
Contributor(s): Severino, Jean-Michel (Author), Ray, Olivier (Author)

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ISBN: 0745651585     ISBN-13: 9780745651583
Publisher: Polity Press
OUR PRICE: $31.30  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Colonialism & Post-colonialism
- Political Science | Political Process - General
Dewey: 320.96
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (1.10 lbs) 352 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents
 
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The 21st century will be the century of Africa. This continent was once seen as empty, rural, animist, poor, and forgotten by the world. Now, fifty years after independence, it is full to bursting, urban and monotheist. If poverty and violence are still rampant, economic growth has taken off again and a middle class is developing. Africa will hold a central place in the big issues facing the world today. If it once made a 'false start', here it is back again - in the fast lane.

The West has missed the turnaround of a continent that will no longer wait for us. How can we best understand it? Demography, economics, politics, diplomacy, cultures and religions - this book presents the different facets of this new Africa, which will soon have a billion people, at the mid point of the most rapid population boom that humanity has ever known. Without ignoring the risks of its metamorphosis, it brings to light the forces and hopes that Africa harbors.

 
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