How We Underdeveloped Africa: Unmasking The True Obstacles to Africa's Development in Recent Years

By Matthew Owuma

Africa Holds The World's Richest Reserves of Natural Wealth - Yet Remains Its Poorest Continent. Why?For decades, the answer pointed in one direction: slavery, colonialism, and foreign exploitation. How We Underdeveloped Africa poses a more challenging question - why has Africa continued to underdevelop itself in the decades since independence, even as new generations of leaders, institutions, and citizens have taken control of their own destiny?

Drawing on recent history, this book examines: How internal conflict and civil war have destroyed infrastructure faster than any colonizer didThe role of leadership failure and corruption in perpetuating povertyWhy foreign aid has often deepened dependency rather than solved itWhat genuine African-led development would actually requireThis is not another book blaming the West. It's an unflinching look at the choices, systems, and leadership failures that keep Africa's potential locked away - and what could unlock it.

Written for students of African politics and economics, policy readers, the African diaspora, and anyone who wants an honest, non-Western-centered account of the continent's development crisis.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0992LDJVQ
• ISBN13: 9798534051230
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"