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Africa Unchained

The Blueprint for Africa's Future

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  • © 2005

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  1. George B. N. Ayittey

    1. USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVI
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  2. Why Africa Is Poor

    • George B. N. Ayittey
    Pages 1-32

  3. The Wrath of the People

    • George B. N. Ayittey
    Pages 33-56

  4. The Postcolonial Elite Development Model

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    Pages 57-92

  5. The Cultural Betrayal

    • George B. N. Ayittey
    Pages 93-129

  6. Development Finance

    • George B. N. Ayittey
    Pages 131-171

  7. The First Generation Problems

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    Pages 173-236

  8. The Second Generation Problems

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    Pages 237-306

  9. How to Develop Africa

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    Pages 307-335

  10. The Indigenous Economic System

    • George B. N. Ayittey
    Pages 337-364

  11. The Atinga Development Model

    • George B. N. Ayittey
    Pages 365-399

  12. Epilogue and Conclusions

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    Pages 401-445

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 447-483
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About this book

In Africa Unchained , George Ayittey takes a controversial look at Africa's future and makes a number of daring suggestions. Looking at how Africa can modernize, build, and improve their indigenous institutions which have been castigated by African leaders as 'backward and primitive', Ayittey argues that Africa should build and expand upon these traditions of free markets and free trade. Asking why the poorest Africans haven't been able to prosper in the Twenty-first-century, Ayittey makes the answer obvious: their economic freedom was snatched from them. War and conflict replaced peace and the infrastructure crumbled. In a book that will be pondered over and argued about as much as his previous volumes, Ayittey looks at the possibilities for indigenous structures to revive a troubled continent.

Reviews

'A superb analysis of the continent and its recent ordeals' - The Wall Street Journal

'A controversial and thought-provoking book' - Ian Taylor, International Affairs

Praise for Ayittey's Africa in Chaos:

'Crucial for anyone seeking an understanding of Africa's condition . . . Read it now, before it's too late.' - The Washington Times

'...robust, provocative...Ayittey takes no prisoners.' - The New York Times Book Review

'...Ayittey knows Africa well...a brave and reflective book.' - The Wall Street Journal

Authors and Affiliations

  • USA

    George B. N. Ayittey

About the author

GEORGE B.N. AYITTEY is Distinguished Economist in Residence at George Washington University. He is the author of Africa Betrayed and Africa in Chaos (both Palgrave Macmillan).

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