New News Out of Africa: Uncovering Africa's Renaissance
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| Rating | : | 4.69 (845 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0195331281 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 208 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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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. 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.
From Publishers Weekly Widespread AIDS, constant internal strife and corrupt, shaky economies form the largely media-driven image of Africa that many Americans possess, argues veteran correspondent Hunter-Gault in this skillful blend of memoir, reportage and political analysis. . (June)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. The author is determined to deliver some "new news"—or good news—out of Africa, and to challenge facile assumptions that it is a dark, hopeless continent ravaged by the "four D's": death, disaster, disease and despair. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research, the book is divided into three distinct though intrinsically interrelated sections: an analysis of South Africa under apartheid and positive postapartheid developments; the painful yet powerful continen
"Same Pitfalls" according to Tom Sawyer. Three Stars for an extremely laudable premise, especially considering Africa's renewed efforts at "getting it right". Well written, easy to read piece of work.However, the writer could have done better by focusing on one sub region at a time. Her extended situation in South Africa allows her a relatively in-depth perception regarding progress and developments within the immediate region.Her attempt to harness East Africa, West Africa as well as North Africa in this one book drastically watered down what would otherwise have been an extremel. Bern said Not what you're expecting. I found this book in the library under "African news".Although I was expecting an analysis of news representation of Africa, I was sorely disappointed. Even from a qualitative analysis point, this book does nothing but fan the flames of discordance in a still recovering country while showing what a fantastic job the author did of interviewing various high-profile names.Even while she attempts to disregard and prove otherwise the "dark continent" and "jungle-filled" myths of Africa, she does nothing but exacerbate these in the first few page. A very memoir type feel Nancy Kimball I found this book to be mostly about South Africa (thought I get that was pretty much the epicenter of the "wind" the author oft referred to.) I'm doing research and thought the title and blurb set me up with different expectations, but the three chapters in the table of contents for the entire work should have clued me in. I think the problem might have been I wanted the information organized differently so I could get to the relevant geographical areas I was looking for. I do appreciate the work as a whole and have a new appreciation for