Africa's Moment by Jean-Michel Severino

Africa's Moment by Jean-Michel Severino

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The 21st century will be the century of Africa. This continent was once seen as empty, rural, animist, poor, and forgotten by the world. This book presents the different facets of Africa, which will soon have a billion people, at the midpoint of the rapid population boom that humanity has ever known.

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Africa's Moment by Jean-Michel Severino

The 21st century will be the century of Africa. This continent was once seen as empty, rural, animist, poor, and forgotten by the world. This book presents the different facets of Africa, which will soon have a billion people, at the midpoint of the rapid population boom that humanity has ever known.
"A wake-up callIts message is simple: look out world, here comes Africa."
Wall Street Journal

"Clearly conceived, cleanly structured, tightly written and lucidly expressed. A highly readable text."
European Voice

"Their optimistic analysis of the continent and its inhabitants should be read by all who are interested in looking at Africa with a fresh and different perspective."
African Security Review

"A significant book for those interested in questions of economic and cultural change."
The Age

"Africa's Moment has the great value of underlining that Africa's future is indeed in the hands of Africans."
South World

"A timely and positive assessment of Africa's prospects founded upon deep understanding and a distinctive perspective."
Paul Collier, University of Oxford

"The West is wedded to a retrograde vision of Africa's past and know nothing of its present, even less of its  future. This unprecedented book forces revision of that outlook by addressing a world, just a few decades from now, where one in four human beings will be African."
Keith Hart, University of London

Jean-Michel Severino is a former vice-president of the World Bank and CEO of the Agence Française de Développement. He now runs I&P Management, a private equity impact investment fund dedicated to African small and medium size enterprises.

Olivier Ray works at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department for Policy Analysis.

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ISBN 13 9780745651576
ISBN 10 0745651577
Title Africa's Moment
Author Jean-Michel Severino
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 2011-12-16
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.