We specialize in hard to find items
All Categories
The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa
Share Tweet
*Price and Stocks may change without prior notice
*Packaging of actual item may differ from photo shown
- Electrical items MAY be 110 volts.
- 7 Day Return Policy
- All products are genuine and original
About The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules And Making
Product Description “A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.” —New York Times Book Review "For anyone who wants to understand how the African economy really works, The Bright Continent is a good place to start." —Reuters 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 by kanju—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. "[An] upbeat study of development in Africa...The book is written more in wonder at African ingenuity than in anger at foreign incomprehension." —The New Yorker Review “A corrective to Africa’s image as a dark, hopeless place…A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.” — New York Times Book Review “[An] upbeat study of development in Africa…Despite evident exasperation at Western interventions that fail to adapt to local systems, the book is written more in wonder at African ingenuity than in anger at foreign incomprehension.” — The New Yorker “[A] sweeping new work…A very ambitious book.” —Michel Martin, Tell Me More “An excellent introduction to contemporary sub-Saharan African society and the region’s economy. Olopade’s optimism is refreshing.” — Foreign Affairs “[Olopade] invites her readers to peer past the biases that inform western stereotypes of Africa and Africans…It’s time for the West to…start looking for smart investments in the continent’s abundant pool of intelligence and energy.” — Boston Globe “[Olopade] seamlessly traverses the continent, threading a narrative that shows how African innovation is playing a vital role in its own development.” — Pittsburgh Post-Gazette “[Olopade gives] a face to African entrepreneurship, and her suggestion…that Africa can be the guidepost for how the world should tighten its fiscal belt and ‘aim for the notch marked “Africa”’ is exciting.” — The Root “Olopade has a slew of insights that will feel spot-on to anyone familiar with Africa—or, for that matter, with almost any developing economy…[ The Bright Continent] is an optimistic vision, and one that’s steadily gaining traction in policy debates.” — Bookforum “An ode to the virtues of the small in economics…[Olopade] gives a multitude of examples and a huge mass of fascinating detail. Her case is persuasive…For anyone who wants to understand how the African economy really works, The Bright Continent is a good place to start.” — Reuters “ Bright Continent will change your view of Africa. It's that simple. Dayo Olopade looks with the eyes of a first-generation Nigerian-American and sees a landscape of ingenuity, technological innovation, and grit. A lively and enjoyable read.” —Anne-Marie Slaughter, President and CEO of the New America Foundation and Professor Emerita of Politics and International Affairs at Princeton University "Dayo Olopade has written a book that bracingly lives up to its title. In it, an Africa we are all too unaccustomed to seeing comes vividly to life thanks to her restless eye and keen curiosity. It is one of local solutions born of necessity and local heroes who arise from even the most fragile soil." —Howard French, Associate Professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and author of A Continent for the Taking “This book captures the complex thoughts
