Thursday, November 1, 2012

Africa Through Western Eyes - The World's Dark Continent or Capitalism's Shining Light?

By Robert Bates



Once 'hopeless' and now 'rising', Western narratives around Africa may tell us as much about what's going in the West as in Africa itself.

The Euro Crisis, double-dip recessions, 'Occupy' protests and LIBOR corruption scandals aside, it seems that capitalism is alive and well - at least in Africa. Africa is 'Rising', Westerners are often told these days, after decades of economic ruin, civil war and governmental mismanagement. Impressive economic growth statistics, the

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