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AFRICA UNCHAINED: THE BLUEPRINT FOR AFRICA'S FUTURE George B.N. Ayittey (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005), 483 pages.
Born in Ghana, American University economist George Ayittey's most recent book, Africa Unchained: the Blueprint for Africa's Future, is a scathing critique of fifty years of post-colonial African leadership and the international order that supported it, as well as a cogent and nuanced defense of Africa's untapped economic potential. The central message of Ayittey's book is clear: Africa is not poor but, due mostly to a mismanaged concentration of political...