Africa Emerges: Consummate Challenges, Abundant Opportunities
Robert Rotberg
Polity
Sub-Saharan Africa is no longer a troubled ‘dark continent.’ Most of its  constituent countries are now enjoying significant economic growth and political  progress. The new Africa has begun to banish the miseries of the past, and  appears ready to play an important role in world affairs. Thanks to shifts in  leadership and governance, an African renaissance could be at hand.<br /><br />Yet  the road ahead is not without obstacles. As world renowned expert on African  affairs, Robert Rotberg, expertly shows, Africa today maybe poised to deliver  real rewards to its long suffering citizens but it faces critical new crises as  well as abundant new opportunities. <i>Africa Emerges</i> draws on a wealth of  empirical data to explore the key challenges Africa must overcome in the coming  decades. From peacekeeping to health and disease, from energy needs to  education, this illuminating analysis diagnoses the remaining impediments Africa  will need to surmount if it is to emerge in 2050 as a prosperous, peaceful,  dynamic collection of robust large and small nations. <br /><br /><i>Africa  Emerges</i> offers an unparalleled guide for all those interested in the  dynamics of modern Africa’s political, economic, and social development.