Grasping Africa
A Tale of Tragedy and Achievement
Chan, Stephen
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BOOK SUMMARY
Africa is huge, internationally vital, potentially rich and powerful yet mired in failure political, economic, social and even cultural. Yet the story of contemporary Africa is not just one of global tragedy but also of enormous hope for the future. This
BOOK SYNOPSIS
Africa is huge, internationally vital, potentially rich and powerful yet mired in failure – political, economic, social and even cultural. Yet the story of contemporary Africa is not just one of global tragedy but also of enormous hope for the future. This stimulating and unconventional book on today's Africa and its relationship with the West explores the many complex reasons behind Africa’s failure to fulfil its potential -- for example, colonialism, exploitation, and the interference of great powers in the international relations of the continent -- and offers some very reasonable and well-founded suggestions for ways forward. Critical and objective yet involved and sympathetic, Grasping Africa demonstrates Stephen Chan’s deep understanding of the history and politics of Africa based on his long and often dangerously-obtained experience of the continent.
AUTHOR BIO
Stephen Chan is Professor of International Relations and Dean of Law and Social Sciences at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London. He is the author of Robert Mugabe: A Life of Power and Violence and Out of Evil: New International Politics and Old Doctrines of War (both published by I.B.Tauris).
BOOK REVIEWS
"Stephen Chan is an eminent Africanist and in Grasping Africa he gives us some fascinating insights on the continent which generally represent modern thinking and attitudes." -- The Overseas Pensioner
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MORE BOOK INFO
ISBN: 1845112857
ISBN(13-digit): 9781845112851
Dewey Decimal: 960.32
Library of Congress: oc2007064041
Book Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Language: ENG
No. of Pages: 185
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