{"product_id":"9780745651576","title":"Africa's Moment","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAfrica's Moment\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eJean-Michel Severino | Olivier Ray\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolitical Science \/ Colonialism \u0026amp; Post-Colonialism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eTranslated by David Fernbach  \u003cp\u003eThe 21st century will be the century of Africa. This continent was once seen as empty, rural, animist, poor, and forgotten by the world. Now, fifty years after independence, it is full to bursting, urban and monotheist. If poverty and violence are still rampant, economic growth has taken off again and a middle class is developing. Africa will hold a central place in the big issues facing the world today. If it once made a ‘false start’, here it is back again – in the fast lane.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe West has missed the turnaround of a continent that will no longer wait for us. How can we best understand it? Demography, economics, politics, diplomacy, cultures and religions – this book presents the different facets of this new Africa, which will soon have a billion people, at the mid point of the most rapid population boom that humanity has ever known. Without ignoring the risks of its metamorphosis, it brings to light the forces and hopes that Africa harbors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e  \u003cb\u003eJean-Michel Severino\u003c\/b\u003e is a former vice-president of the World Bank and CEO of the Agence Française de Développement. He now runs I\u0026amp;P Management, a private equity impact investment fund dedicated to African small and medium size enterprises.  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOlivier Ray\u003c\/b\u003e works at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs Department for Policy Analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e10 January 2012\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity Press\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePolity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9780745651576\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e352\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Polity Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310311567500,"sku":"9780745651576","price":70.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780745651576.jpg?v=1780180912","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780745651576","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}