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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