Introduction: The Cynics, Optimists and Pirates are all Making Africa Beautiful

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dc.contributor.authorOnyango-Obbo, Charles
dc.date.accessioned2022-06-29T17:02:29Z
dc.date.available2022-06-29T17:02:29Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThere are two dominant positions about Africa today and in the near future: on the one side, a heady optimism that envisions ‘Africa Rising’, and on the other a cynicism that sees a continent still trapped in‘darkness’. In between you find the simply weary, mildly celebratory, and nearly indifferent. The majority of articles in this issue hug the vast middle; there is shy pessimism, cautious optimism, but also recognition that Africa’s development has not and probably will not be linear, and interesting possibilities could ^ ormight not ^ emerge as nationsmuddle along. And even where outcomes have been disastrous, and nations starved and people killed or oppressed, there is some acknowledgement that most of Africa’s Big Men (it has been men for the most part) set out with good intentions. Together, this search for new vantage points to evaluate the continent, the recognition that enough of ‘old Africa’still persists to justify pessimism, but also that optimism about the continent has not been snuffed out by the failures and disappointments of recent decades, is beautiful to see.This is because these various outlooks prevent a slide into the complacency and insularity that are often born of an overblown sense of achievement, or the despair that can be bred by pessimism.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOnyango-Obbo, C. (2012). Introduction: The Cynics, Optimists and Pirates are all Making Africa Beautiful. Development, 55(4), 435-440. doi:10.1057/dev.2012.87en_US
dc.identifier.other10.1057/dev.2012.87
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/4101
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDevelopmenten_US
dc.subjectIntroductionen_US
dc.subjectCynicsen_US
dc.subjectOptimistsen_US
dc.subjectPiratesen_US
dc.subjectAfricaen_US
dc.titleIntroduction: The Cynics, Optimists and Pirates are all Making Africa Beautifulen_US
dc.typeBook chapteren_US
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