Africa's Incomplete Cycles of Development

“Deftly combining optimism with pessimism, this book sees both the future possibilities and challenges of development in Africa. Older ideas and voices merge with newer ones to navigate the throes of globalization, dynamic internal energies, and the synergies of new technologies with African cultural resources.”—Toyin Falola, The Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Humanities, University of Texas, Austin
“This is a dense, scintillating, elegant and thought-provoking book on Africa’s development coming from a generation of millennials. To the authors, Africa’s epic journey to sustainable development is one filled with gloom and doom. Despite the vast pessimism in the narrative, the authors also see a modicum of hope for their continent, through proffering an assortment of alternatives which are set to address contemporary Africa’s development conundrum.”—Emmanuel Dumbu, Doctor of Philosophy in Business Management, Regional Programme Coordinator, Zimbabwe Open University
“This pioneering book comes at the most appropriate stage where the global divide of Africa and the developed world needs to be urgently addressed. It lays bare the prescription of reducing poverty and unlocking development in Africa by exploring a wide scope of strategies. The book is a well-researched and incisive account of modern-day Africa and its development challenges which if not attended to, the continent’s dream of development will remain an illusion.”—Calvin Mudzingiri, Department of Economics, University of the Free State, South Africa