Shackled Continent

Africa's Past, Present and Future

Robert Guest (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

288 Seiten

2004 | Unabridged edition
MacMillan (Verlag)
978-1-4050-3388-6 (ISBN)

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Two fifths of African nations are at war, AIDS has lowered life expectancy to as young as 40 years old, investment is almost impossible due to lack of collateral and foreign aid has had very little effect on the poor. This title provides a history and commentary on the enigma of modern Africa.

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.

Robert Guest is currently the Africa Editor for the Economist and regularly appears on CNN and the BBC. A graduate of Oxford University, he lived in Africa for three years reporting on wars, famines, crazy monetary policies and bizarre drinking games. He is the author of The Shackled Continent. He lives in London.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	16.4.2004
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	153 x 234 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-4050-3388-6 / 1405033886
ISBN-13	978-1-4050-3388-6 / 9781405033886
Zustand	Neuware