African renaissance : challenges, solutions, and the road ahead
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London:
Asean Academic Press,
2001..
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Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1 Africa has no future? 25
- 2 Reasons to hope for Africa 35
- Case study I: Ghana 54
- Case study II: Uganda 57
- 3 Africa's passage through three distinct periods 59
- The colonial period (1884-1957) 60
- The legacy of colonialism 66
- The postcolonial period (1957-1989) 73
- Legacy of the postcolonial period 83
- The post-postcolonial period (1989-2000) 86
- A legacy under construction 92
- 4 Africa's renaissance:
- Challenges and solutions 103
- 5 Consolidating Africa's gains for sustainable
- growth and development 129
- Role of African leadership 129
- Role of civil society 139
- 6 The imperative for a global constituency for Africa 145
- Role of the United States 150
- Role of the European Union 156
- Role of Japan, Asia and other developing countries 159
- Role of multilateral and bilateral organizations 163
- Role of non-governmental organizations 166
- Is aid to Africa altruism? 166
- 7 The road ahead 173
- 8 Conclusion:
- Africa confronts its future 185
- Epilogue 193
- Bibliography 197
- Index 209.