Afro-Optimism: Perspectives on Africa's Advances

Ebere Onwudiwe,Minabere Ibelema

Afro-Optimism: Perspectives on Africa's Advances
Format
Hardback
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Country
United States
Published
30 December 2002
Pages
200
ISBN
9780275975869

Afro-Optimism: Perspectives on Africa’s Advances

Ebere Onwudiwe,Minabere Ibelema

Debunks persistent and widespread claims that post-colonial Africa has regressed. Afro-Optimism is a book with a simple thesis: Africa is marching forward, even if at times haltingly and at a different pace from the rest of the world. A common view among journalists and academics alike is that African conditions declined the moment colonial governments left its shores. The chapters in this book cover Africa’s progress in health, agriculture, transportation, cultural innovation, and economic advancement. The contributors to the book contend that development is about human beings, so they do not dwell extensively on statistical estimates and projections. The essays in this book also position the advanced Africans have achieved in spite, and at times because of, their experiences of European colonial rule. The contributors argue that in all facets of development, Africans had to overcome colonial obstacles or had to build on meager colonial foundations. Although the authors acknowledge Africa’s disappointing performance in various respects, they stress throughout that exclusive concentration on African failures creates new and reinforces existing negative perceptions of contemporary Africa.

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