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Africa unchained
the blueprint for Africa's future
By Ayittey, George B. N.
- ISBN
- 978-1-40396-359-8
- Publisher
- New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2005.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 15, 2005
With elegant brevity, Ghanaian-born economist Ayittey exposes Africa and its overwhelming problems, raising arguments that he presented in his earlier Indigenous African Institutions and Africa in Chaos . He blames both white colonialism and black neocolonialism for these problems, condemning African elites and particularly the greed and incompetence of African political and military leaders. Ayittey contrasts precolonial indigenous institutions ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
