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    State of the Continent: A Mid-Century Assessment of Political Performance in Africa
    State of the Continent: A Mid-Century Assessment of Political Performance in Africa
    State of the Continent: A Mid-Century Assessment of Political Performance in Africa
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    State of the Continent: A Mid-Century Assessment of Political Performance in Africa

    By M. Fobanjong

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    What precisely is the state of the African continent today? Depending on one s perspective, the answer may either dwell on Africa s recent economic and political accomplishments or focus on the long-standing single-story of failure, disaster and eternal dictatorships. This book provides a nuanced, forceful and balanced assessment of Africa s political and economic performance since independence. While acknowledging Africa s tragic pitfalls, dating to the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism, State of the Continent skillfully argues that theories associated with the dependency school are no longer enough to explain the continent s failures in governance and economic performance. For a continent so richly blessed and endowed with both human and material resources, the blame for Africa s lackluster performance falls squarely on its leadership. To get things right, Nkrumah s vision of the primacy of the political kingdom must be prioritized whereupon economic gains shall predictably, follow. In lucid and persuasive prose, this volume is an ideal book for scholars as well as students of international studies and African politics.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSpears Media Press
    Release dateDec 29, 2018
    ISBN9781942876366
    State of the Continent: A Mid-Century Assessment of Political Performance in Africa
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    M. Fobanjong

    John Fobanjong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Adjunct Professor at the United States Naval War College. He teaches courses in civil rights, public administration, international relations, comparative politics and Governance and Economics in Africa. He has published three university textbooks, including Understanding the Backlash Against Affirmative Action (2001); The Life, Thought, and Legacy of Cape Verde's Freedom Fighter Amilcar Cabral 1924-1973: Essays on His Liberation Philosophy (2006), and Political Perspectives: Essays on Government and Politics (2005). Professor Fobanjong served as Director of the African and African American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth from 2000 to 2005, and as a United States Fulbright Scholar from 2009 to 2010. In 2014, he received the U.S. State Department's International Speakers' Bureau Award and was a Keynote Speaker at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Cape Verde.

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