Robert Guest

Optimistic survey of the positive effects of globalization, be they economic or social or political. Closing you borders and foolish dreams of mercantilism or autarky will only hurt a nation and people in the long run. Freedom of information flow, combined with good government policy, will be a definite boon to any nations future. Compare Botswana and zimbabwe.

May be optimistic and almost cliched for some, but worth looking at nonetheless.

The basic diagnosis is correct: Africa has been betrayed and failed by its leaders. But Guest's "solutions" are trite and typical of the West's dominant worldview: economic growth, free trade and globalisation are good. And should they be simply applied in Africa, all will be solved.