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The Bright Continent - 9780544483996

Un libro in lingua di Dayo Olopade edito da Mariner Books, 2015

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“A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.” —New York Times Book Review

Dayo Olopade knew from personal experience that Western news reports on conflict, disease, and poverty obscure the true story of modern Africa. And so she crossed sub-Saharan Africa to document how ordinary people deal with their daily challenges. She found what cable news ignores: a continent of ambitious reformers and young social entrepreneurs, driven bykanju—creativity born of African difficulty. It’s a trait found in pioneers like Kenneth Nnebue, who turned cheap VHS tapes into the multimillion-dollar film industry Nollywood. Or Ushahidi, a technology collective that crowdsources citizen activism and disaster relief. A shining counterpoint to the conventional wisdom, The Bright Continent rewrites Africa’s challenges as opportunities to innovate, and celebrates a history of doing more with less as a powerful model for the rest of the world.


Informazioni bibliografiche

  • Titolo del Libro in lingua: The Bright Continent
  • Sottotitolo: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa
  • Lingua: English
  • AutoreDayo Olopade
  • Editore: Mariner Books
  • Collana: Mariner Books (Paperback)
  • Data di Pubblicazione: 10 Marzo '15
  • Genere: POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • Pagine: 274
  • Dimensioni mm: 203 x 134 x 0
  • EAN-13: 9780544483996