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ISBN13: 9780195177473 |
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Blending personal memoir with sterling reportage and astute analysis, Hunter Gault presents an Africa we rarely see. She looks first at South Africa, contrasting the country she first encountered as a young reporter — when she personally witnessed the brutality of apartheid — with the black-led, multiracial society of today, a nation undergoing one of the most radical social and economic experiments in modern times. She acknowledges the great imbalance in income in modern South Africa (where upwards of 30 to 40 percent of blacks are unemployed) and describes the ravaging effect of AIDS on the nation, but she also underscores the nation's commitment to affirmative action, describes how South African universities have opened their doors to black students, and debunks many of the myths about the violence of South African society. Likewise, Hunter-Gault looks at the continent-wide efforts to promote "an African Renaissance," illuminating the political and economic conditions in Rwanda, Mozambique, Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Angola, and Sierra Leone. Finally, the book describes the challenges of reporting on the much-maligned continent and the efforts of African journalists to tell their own story.
A compelling book on a topic of vital importance, New News Out of Africa promises to re-define what is news about this vast and complex continent.
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francis4622, August 28, 2006 (view all comments by francis4622)
Most grateful if this comment could be passed on to Ms Hunter-Gault also.
Having had the distinct priviledge of working in Uganda for 4 years as a World Bank consultant, and travelling the continent of Africa (including 3 of the major cities in South Africa), it was breathtakingly refreshing to see that someone from the West has FINALLY taken the time to try to depict the positive side of the 2nd largest continent of the world, and its challenges.
I think the author would have achieved her goal of further bolstering the positive image of the continent with a cover that reflected its cultural richness, economic progress, and/or its diversity (not in the western sense of this term, and the negativity that it usually implies), rather than the "much-of-the-same" type of depiction, which merely serves to further feed into existing stereotypes.
My sense is that this would NOT have been the preferred choice of Ms. Hunter-Gault. If it was, then the subtlety of her underlying motivation has alluded me completely. Perhaps it was publisher's option. If so, then the end result could be counterproductive, i.e. a turnoff to those who are, in fact, looking for "something new" out of Africa!
Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780195177473
- Subtitle:
- Uncovering Africa's Renaissance
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Libri
- Subject:
- Africa
- Subject:
- Politics and government
- Subject:
- Africa, sub-saharan
- Subject:
- Africa - General
- Subject:
- History, World | Africa
- Series:
- The W.E.B. Du Bois Institute Series
- Series Volume:
- 5
- Publication Date:
- June 2006
- Binding:
- Paperback
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Illustrations:
- Y
- Pages:
- 173
- Dimensions:
- 8.40x6.46x.78 in. .75 lbs.
