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FAMINE. WAR. DICTATORS.
THE STORY OF AFRICA - JUST NOT HOW YOU IMAGINED IT.
Africa has long been misunderstood and abused by outsiders. Alex Perry travelled the continent for most of a decade, meeting with entrepreneurs and warlords, professors and cocaine smugglers, presidents and jihadis, among many others. He finds Africa at a moment of furious self-assertion: a place where cash is becoming a thing of the past, where astronomers are unlocking the origin of life and where Ethiopia's first yuppies are traders on an electronic food exchange. Yet, as Africa finally wins the substance of its freedom, it must confront three last false prophets who would keep it in its bonds: Islamists, dictators and aid workers.
Beautifully written, intimately reported and passionately argued, The Rift is a vivid and provocative look at how the world gets Africa wrong, and how a resurgent Africa is forcing us to think again..
ISBN:9780297871231
