{"product_id":"africas-moment-paperback-softback-9780745651583","title":"Africa's Moment (Paperback \/ softback) 9780745651583","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eAfrica's Moment\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJean-Michel Severino (Author), Olivier Ray (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745651583, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 September 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e352 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm, 0.513 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A wake-up call. Its message is simple: look out world, here comes Africa.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Clearly conceived, cleanly structured, tightly written and lucidly expressed. A highly readable text.\"\u003cbr\u003e  \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEuropean Voice\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Their optimistic analysis of the continent and its inhabitants should be read by all who are interested in looking at Africa with a fresh and different perspective.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAfrican Security Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"A significant book for those interested in questions of economic and cultural change.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Age\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eAfrica's Moment\u003c\/i\u003e has the great value of underlining that Africa's future is indeed in the hands of Africans.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSouth World\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A timely and positive assessment of Africa's prospects founded upon deep understanding and a distinctive perspective.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePaul Collier, University of Oxford\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The West is wedded to a retrograde vision of Africa's past and know nothing of its present, even less of its  future. This unprecedented book forces revision of that outlook by addressing a world, just a few decades from now, where one in four human beings will be African.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKeith Hart, University of London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslated by David Fernbach  \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Paul Collier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart One: The Peopling of a Continent\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Who Wants to Be a Billionaire?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 Malthus on CNN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Two Africa on the Move\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 A Black Peril?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 Crowded Roads\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Three: Africa Versus Growth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 The Undiscoverable Curse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 The Great Wheel of Growth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Four: When Africa Awakes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 The Great Clean-Up\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 Emerging Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Five: God’s Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9 Urban Compositions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10 Crescent and Cross\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11 Switched-On Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12 The End of Ethnicity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13 African Democracy\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Six: One March, Three Directions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14 Countries of Rent, Countries in Danger\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15 The Vanguard of Development\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16 Fragile Africa: One Crisis After Another\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Seven: Africa, The World’s Vitality\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17 The End of Infinity\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18 Light Against Darkness\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 19 The Hunger for Land\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 20 The Struggle for Man\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart Eight: The Newcomer at the Feast of Nations\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 21 Africa Courted\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 22 Emerging Powers: Africa’s New Exploiters?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 23 Acknowledging Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaps\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52509175611672,"sku":"9780745651583","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780745651583.jpg?v=1786495992","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/africas-moment-paperback-softback-9780745651583","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}