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The bright continent : breaking rules and making change in modern Africa / Dayo Olopade.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olopade, Dayo, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Social conditions.
- Economic conditions.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Economic conditions--21st century.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan.
- Africa, Sub-Saharan--Social conditions--21st century.
- Sub-Saharan Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
- Summary:
- A Nigerian-American journalist attempts to dispel the warring, impoverished, and pitiful images of Africa so prevalent in the media with the joyful and innovative country she knows by highlighting the commercial opportunities and technological innovations to be found there.
- Contents:
- Orientation : a new map of Africa
- Kanju : the fine line between genius and crime
- Fail states : why African government hasn't worked
- Stuff we don't want : doing bad in Africa
- The family map : the original social network
- The technology map : lessons in leapfrogging
- The commercial map : Development for sale
- The natural map : to feed, fuel, and build the future
- The youth map : Africa's demographic dividend
- Two publics : Who's in charge?
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-256) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780547678313
- 0547678312
- OCLC:
- 854944583
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