Africa's Dependency Syndrome: Can Africa Still Turn Things around for the Better?

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There are milliards of off beam assumptions that Africa will always remain immobile in development of whatever type. This pseudo take has mainly been propounded by Western thinkers in order to dubiously make Africans internalise and reinforce this flimsy and flimflam dependency. Africa needs to embark on paradigm shift; and tweak and turn things around. Africa has what it take to do so quickly, especially now that new economic powers such as China and India are evolving as counterweight to the West. Shall Africa use these new economic forces to its advantage based on fair and win-win cooperation? To do so, Africa must make sure that it does not slink back into business as usual vis-a-vis beggarliness, dependence, frailty, gullibility, made-up backwardness, monkey business, and pipedreams, not to mention the nasty and narcissistic behaviours of its venal and navel-gazing rulers. Verily, Africa needs, inter alia, to use its God-given gifts, namely, immense resources, young population, abundance of vast and unexploited amounts of land. Equally, Africa must, without equivocation, invest copiously and earnestly in its people, the youth in the main. Most of all, Africa needs to shy away from all colonial carryovers and encumbrances. This volume shows many ways through and by which Africa can inverse the current imbroglio-cum-no-go it faces for the better; and thereby actualise the dream of being truly independent and prosperous. Cover Title page Copyright page Contents Acknowledgements Preface Abbreviations Chapter 1 - Aid Dependency and Aid Vicious Circle Aid That Has Never Worked Fight Corruption Tied on Aid Africa Needs Homemade Strategies for Its Development Africa Must Invest in Technology Good Land Use and Reforms Chapter 2 - What Africa Needs Socially? Africa Needs To Have Peace but Not Conflicts Proxy and Homemade Colonialists as the Extension of Divide and Rule Africa Needs True Resolve to Resolve Conflicts Africa Must Address Ethno-conflicts and Resource Curse Africa Must Restore Its True Identity Chapter 3 - World’s Duty-Bound Responsibility to Africa Africa Must Fight Sectarian Proxy Wars Africa Must Rethink Beefing up Its Security Chapter 4 - The New Scramble for Africa When Resources Become a Jinx Bad Investment, Capital Flight, Corruption, Embezzlement… Chapter 5 - How Did It Start and What Should Be Done? Africa Must Create Networks of Infrastructure Africa Needs To Take on Toxic Education…. CPR-Like Administration Create Cartels and Localise the Market Chapter 6 - What Africa Should Do Politically? Rule of Law and Good Governance Divorce the Demigods and Fear Tigers Rethink African Democracy Africa Must Rethink about Cutting down Milex Chapter 7 - Africa Still Has the Wherewithal for Development Africa Must Face It in Turning Things Around Chapter 8 - How Should Africa Address Economic Quandaries? Conclusion References Back cover