Olopade, Dayo  <br/><br/>
The Bright Continent:   Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa. 

 - Boston,  Mariner Books,  2015. 
 - 274p. ;  ill. 
<br/><br/> Includes: Index and 
<br/><br/>Biography 
<br/><br/> The path to progress in Africa lies in the surprising and innovative solutions Africans are finding for themselves.<br/><br/>“A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.” ―New York Times Book Review<br/><br/>Dayo Olopade knew from personal experience that Western news reports on conflict, disease, and poverty obscure the true story of modern Africa. So she crossed sub-Saharan Africa to document how ordinary people deal with their daily challenges. She found what cable news ignores: a continent of ambitious reformers and young social entrepreneurs, driven by kanju―creativity born of African difficulty. It’s a trait found in pioneers like Kenneth Nnebue, who turned cheap VHS tapes into the multimillion-dollar film industry Nollywood. Or Ushahidi, a technology collective that crowdsources citizen activism and disaster relief. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780544483996 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Africa.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>305.80096 OLO