Grasping Africa: A Tale of Tragedy and Achievement

by Stephen Chan

Africa is huge, internationally vital, potentially rich and powerful yet mired in failure - political, economic, social and even cultural. Yet the story of contemporary Africa is not just one of global tragedy but also of enormous hope for the future. This stimulating and unconventional book on Africa today and its relationship with the West explores the many complex reasons behind Africa's failure to fulfil its potential - it is a continent blighted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845112857
• ISBN13: 9781845112851
• Release Date: February 2007
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.4"