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Amazon.com ReviewWith unending images of cultural backwardness and tribal wars saturating Western airwaves, the continent of Africa remains the most misunderstood region on Earth. That's why Guinean American Manthia Diawara's evenhanded and empirical look at the past, present, and future of West Africa is such a godsend. Diawara--a film instructor at New York University--traveled to his native land in 1996 on a double mission: while making a documentary on the life of the Guinean freedom fighter and dictator Sekou Toure, he also set out to find a childhood friend. He is able to see Guinea with a nostalgia that doesn't turn a blind eye to the nation's faults, pointing out what needs to be done without falling prey to "Afro-pessimism." In one heartfelt passage, recalling his upbringing in revolutionary Guinea, Diawara writes: "My life began when the new nations were born, in the late 1950s. We had been full of hope then, determined to change Africa, to catch up quickly with the modern world, to show that black people could use their culture and civilization, as other people did, to lead them into modernity." But, as Diawara relates throughout the book, that didn't happen. He painfully recounts how he and his family were forced to leave Guinea and how the country sank into a Marxist-oriented dictatorial nightmare. While not overlooking the horrible historical impact of the slave trade and European colonialism, Diawara also blames internal corruption and dangerous African ethnic customs, like female genital mutilation, for his country's underdevelopment. Ultimately, however, he remains confident that this people will one day ascend to their full political, economic, and cultural potential: "Our desire to be modernized has been awakened, and it cannot be denied. Women want liberation from traditional oppression; we all want access to education and material wealth; and we are tired of being ignored by the world." --Eugene Holley Jr. Rhodes University An internationally recognised university located in Grahamstown South Africa Google South Africa : Advanced search Language tools: Googlecoza offered in: Afrikaans Sesotho isiZulu IsiXhosa Setswana Northern Sotho Africa News - CNNcom View the latest Africa news and videos from Nigeria South Africa Kenya Uganda Ethiopia Libya Liberia and other African countries on CNNcom United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Addis Ababa 19 October 2016 (ECA) The Economic Commission for Africa has announced the postponement of the Tenth African Development Forum to 2017 Home - allAfricacom allAfrica: African news and information for a global audience Amref Health Africa Creating Lasting Health Change in Africa Amref Health Africa teams up with African communities to create lasting health change Welcome to the official South African government online Official entry point to South African government provides news and information along with background material about the land its people and history Includes Africa - Wikipedia Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most-populous continent At about 303 million km (117 million square miles) including adjacent islands it covers African collections Stanford University Libraries The African collections at the Stanford University Libraries encompass publications audio-visual materials archives manuscripts and electronic resources about and Google Images Google Images The most comprehensive image search on the web
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