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Designing West Africa: Prelude to 21st Century Calamity - Hardcover

Peter Schwab

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9781403965493: Designing West Africa: Prelude to 21st Century Calamity
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ISBN 10: 1403965498 ISBN 13: 9781403965493
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004

Synopsis

Many African nations are now described as 'fourth world nations', ones which essentially have no future. How could this have happened? Through the scope of the 1960's, the first decade of African independence, Peter Schwab presents a compelling and provocative answer to this question. Designing West Africa tells the story of a pivotal decade in African history, when the fate of the continent was decided. Focusing on the six most visible leaders of the period - painting detailed portraits of them both as leaders and as people - Schwab looks at how Africa served as a ground to play out larger international conflicts, namely the Cold War. He does not fall back on blaming non-African involvement for the failure to build a visible leadership for the continent; rather he critiques the African leaders themselves for their individual failings.

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About the Author

PETER SCHWAB is Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York, USA, and the author most recently of Africa: A Continent Self-Destructs (Palgrave 2001).

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Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date
2004
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1403965498
ISBN 13 
9781403965493
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
190
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