| Description |
xv, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Part One: The Peopling of a Continent. Chapter 1: Who Wants to Be a Billionaire? -- Chapter 2: Malthus on CNN -- Part Two: Africa on the Move. Chapter 3: A Black Peril? -- Chapter 4: Crowded Roads -- Part Three: Africa against Growth. Chapter 5: The Undiscoverable Curse -- Chapter 6: The Great Wheel of Growth -- Part Four: When Africa Awakes. Chapter 7: The Great Shake-Out -- Chapter 8: Emerging Africans -- Part Five: Between God and Mammon. Chapter 9: Urban Compositions -- Chapter 10: Crescent and Cross -- Chapter 11: Switched-On Africa -- Chapter 12: The End of Ethnicity -- Chapter 13: African Democracy -- Part Six: Three Lines of March. Chapter 14: The Dangers of Rent -- Chapter 15: The Vanguard of Development -- Chapter 16: Fragile Africa: One Crisis After Another -- Part Seven: Invigorating the World. Chapter 17: The Limits to Growth -- Chapter 18: Light Against Darkness -- Chapter 19: The Hunger for Land -- Chapter 20: The Human Struggle -- Part Eight: The Newcomer at the Feast of Nations. Chapter 21: Africa Courted -- Chapter 22: Africa's New Exploiters? -- Chapter 23: Acknowledging Africa -- Conclusion : Can Africa Reject Development? |
| Note |
First published in French as Le temps de l'Afrique, 2010. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Subject |
Developing Countries.
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Economic Development.
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Polictics.
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Social Change.
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Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960-
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Africa -- Social conditions -- 1960-
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Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1960-
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Developing countries.
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| Added Author |
Ray, Olivier.
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Fernbach, David.
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| Added Title |
Temps de l'Afrique. English
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| ISBN |
0745651577 |
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9780745651576 |
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