How Africa Works

Joe Studwell

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The birth of new nations, independent democracies, the unprecedented growth of cities from Lagos to Cairo; the African continent is booming. So why do myths about underdevelopment, unproductive land and overpopulation remain? In a groundbreaking new study of Africa's developmental history, economist Joe Studwell debunks long-held views about the continent's presumed resistance to growth, charting monumental changes in government, demography and asset management. Considering everything from settler colonialism to soil conditions, mineral extractivism to disease development and eradication, Studwell persuasively argues that the seizing back of land, people and states across Africa, has also been the seizure of mass economic development.


Author(s): Studwell, Joe
Binding: Hardback
Date of Publication: 29/01/2026
Pagination: 448 pages
Series: N/A
Imprint: Profile Books
Published By: Profile Books
Book Classification: Development studies|Development economics & emerging economies
Dimensions: 238 x 160 x 42
Weight: 680
ISBN13\EAN\SKU: 9781788167994

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