Africa's Future: Darkness to Destiny - Softcover

Duncan Clarke is a leading thinker and speaker on the world oil game, with 40 years' economics practice and extensive experience in Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Middle East. He is Chairman & CEO of Global Pacific & Partners, a leading advisory firm in Africa, and on world oil and gas. His previous books include Crude Continent, Empires of Oil and Battle for Barrels.

If I need to know anything about oil in Africa, I go straight to this book -- Richard Dowden, director of the Royal African Society Duncan Clarke's latest book on Africa sets out to answer tough questions about the continent, often asked but seldom satisfactorily answered: What shaped Africa's economies? What went wrong? And can its recent growth be sustained? The result is rather like travelling around Africa in the company of a knowledgeable and entertaining guide who draws lessons from the past while mapping out the future. -- Michael Holman, former Africa editor of Financial Times A richly detailed review of Africa's past and what it tells us about the future, providing a sobering view of the realities on the ground. Indispensable for anyone interested in global trends in the 21st century. -- Ian Morris