TY  - BOOK
AU  - Binns, Tony.
TI  - Africa: diversity and development
SN  - 9780415413688
U1  - 960BIN 
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Social change -Africa
N1  - "Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada"--T.p. verso
N2  - For many, Africa is regarded as a place of mystery and negative images, where reports of natural disasters and civil strife dominate media attention, with relatively little publicity given to any of the continent?s more positive attributes. Africa has at last begun to receive the depth of interest it has long deserved, in the shape of debates about trade, aid and debt, the ?Make Poverty History? campaign, and the UK's ?Commission on Africa?. But, behind the superficial media faȧde, Africa is a diverse, complex and dynamic place, with a rich history and a colonial engagement that, although short-lived, was fundamental in determining the long-term future of the continent
ER  -