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by Samba Sylla Ndongo (Author)
Beyond the critique of neo-liberalism, there is therefore a pressing need to reflect about alternatives that will help Africa back out of this dead-end and find its own path. This is the perspective adopted by this book edited by Ndongo Samba Sylla, which compiles contributions of experts on Africa's development issues. Can democracy help to achieve the changes that Africans aspire to? If yes, under what conditions? Otherwise, what is the alternative?
Author Biography
Dr Ndongo Samba Sylla is a Development Economist and Programme and Research Officer at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation Office for West Africa. He coordinated the book "Redécouvrir Sankara. Martyr de la liberté" [Rediscovering Sankara. Freedom Martyr] (Exchange & Dialogue 2012) and just published "Le scandale du commerce équitable. Le marketing de la pauvreté au service des riches" [The Fair Trade Scandal: Marketing Poverty to Benefit the Rich] (Harmattan Senegal, 2013). His recent research focused on the history of the word "Democracy".
