TY  - BOOK
AU  - Olopade, Dayo 
TI  - The Bright Continent: : Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa
SN  - 9780544483996
U1  - 305.80096 OLO 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Boston
PB  - Mariner Books
KW  - Africa
N1  - Includes: Index and; Biography
N2  - The path to progress in Africa lies in the surprising and innovative solutions Africans are finding for themselves.

“A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.” ―New York Times Book Review

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
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