Beyond the Malachite Hills
Subtitle: A Life of Colonial Service and Business in the New Africa
Publisher: I. B. Tauris; I.B. Tauris
Published: October 27, 2009
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781848850491
Subjects: Biographies & Memoirs -- Historical; Business & Investing -- Economics -- Economic Conditions; Business & Investing -- Popular Economics; History -- Africa; Nonfiction -- Social Sciences -- Political Science
Description: "What hope is there for Africa? Since the heady and hopeful days of decolonisation, the story seems to be one of unrelenting disaster - revolution; brutal military dictatorship; ethnic conflict and even genocide; civil war; state-threatening corruption; economic failure; and, in places, the complete breakdown of state and society. And all has been compounded by natural disasters - drought, famine and the scourge of AIDS. But there is another, less reported, story of Africa; throwing off the colonial past, embracing modernity, learning fast, gaining in pride and self-confidence and embracing the crucial management function; all this in the context of fruitful collaboration with Europe and American business and, increasingly, with the rising Asian economic superpowers. Jonathan Lawley paints a vivid and convincing picture of solid political, social and economic progress. "Beyond the Malachite Hills" is a remarkable testament to his long-lasting and profound involvement with this often misunderstood continent."--Bloomsbury publishing.