I: What sets Africa apart -- Looking for excuses -- Africa from different angles -- Thugs in power -- Culture, corruption, and correctness -- II: Stories from the front line -- Tanzania: African socialism -- Ivory coast: the end of a miracle -- Discord in Central Africa -- III: Facing the facts -- Defying economics -- The trouble with foreign aid -- The Chad-Cameroon oil pipeline -- A clash of values -- IV: Facing the future -- Ten ways of changing Africa -- A new day
Summary
The World Bank's former spokesperson for Africa's controversial statement about who's to blame for the continent's problems ..
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-241) and index