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Olopade, Dayo.
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Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Description and travel.
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Olopade, Dayo.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Description and travel.
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The bright continent :
breaking
rules
and
making
change
in
modern
Africa
/ Dayo Olopade.
by
Olopade, Dayo.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, c2014.
Call #:
967.033 O521b
Subjects
Africa
, Sub-Saharan -- Economic conditions -- 21st century.
Africa
, Sub-Saharan -- Social conditions -- 21st century.
Africa
, Sub-Saharan -- Description and travel.
ISBN:
9780547678313 (hc.)
0547678312 (hc.)
Alternate title:
Breaking
rules
and
making
change
in
modern
Africa
Description:
272 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 239-256) and index.
Contents:
Orientation : why the world needs a new map of
Africa
-- Kanju : walking the fine line between genius and crime -- Fail states : how bad borders made bad neighbors -- Stuff we don't want : the mistakes that make do-gooding worse -- The family map : how Africans rely on the original social network -- The technology map : leapfrogs and lessons from
Africa
's digital moment -- The commercial map : how to buy; and sell; a better future in
Africa
-- The natural map : why
Africa
will feed, fuel, and shape the world -- The youth map : harvesting
Africa
's demographic dividend -- Two publics : Who's in charge, anyway?
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.
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