{"product_id":"the-bright-continent-breaking-rules-and-making-change-in-modern-africa-paperback","title":"The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDayo Olopade\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe path to progress in Africa lies in the surprising and innovative solutions Africans are finding for themselves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDayo Olopade knew from personal experience that Western news reports on conflict, disease, and poverty obscure the true story of modern Africa. So she crossed sub-Saharan Africa to document how ordinary people deal with their daily challenges. She found what cable news ignores: a continent of ambitious reformers and young social entrepreneurs, driven by \u003cem\u003ekanju\u003c\/em\u003e--creativity born of African difficulty. It's a trait found in pioneers like Kenneth Nnebue, who turned cheap VHS tapes into the multimillion-dollar film industry Nollywood. Or Ushahidi, a technology collective that crowdsources citizen activism and disaster relief. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA shining counterpoint to the conventional wisdom, \u003cem\u003e The Bright Continent \u003c\/em\u003erewrites Africa's challenges as opportunities to innovate and celebrates a history of doing more with less as a powerful model for the rest of the world. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"For anyone who wants to understand how the African economy really works, The Bright Continent is a good place to start.\" --Reuters \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"[An] upbeat study of development in Africa...The book is written more in wonder at African ingenuity than in anger at foreign incomprehension.\" --\u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e For anyone who wants to understand how the African economy really works, \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Continent \u003c\/i\u003eis a good place to start. \u003ci\u003eReuters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dayo Olopade knew from personal experience that Western news reports on conflict, disease, and poverty obscure the true story of modern Africa. And so she crossed sub-Saharan Africa to document how ordinary people deal with their daily challenges. She found what cable news ignores: a continent of ambitious reformers and young social entrepreneurs, driven by \u003ci\u003ekanju\u003c\/i\u003e creativity born of African difficulty. It s a trait found in pioneers like Kenneth Nnebue, who turned cheap VHS tapes into the multimillion-dollar film industry Nollywood. Or Ushahidi, a technology collective that crowdsources citizen activism and disaster relief. A shining counterpoint to the conventional wisdom, \u003ci\u003eThe Bright Continent\u003c\/i\u003e rewrites Africa s challenges as opportunities to innovate, and celebrates a history of doing more with less as a powerful model for the rest of the world.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e [An] upbeat study of development in Africa . . . The book is written more in wonder at African ingenuity than in anger at foreign incomprehension. \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Dayo Olopade is a Nigerian-American journalist covering global politics, development policy, and technology. Dayo has been a correspondent in Washington and in Nairobi, reporting for publications including \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds BA, JD, and MBA degrees from Yale University, and currently lives in New York.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDAYO OLOPADE is a Nigerian-American journalist covering global politics and development policy. She has reported for the\u003ci\u003e New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and other publications. Olopade is currently a Knight Law and Media Scholar at Yale University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 10, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45392572645478,"sku":"9780544483996","price":27.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/K2prRmE1djRXUllsbzdOSzJKZi8xUT09.webp?v=1775209829","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/the-bright-continent-breaking-rules-and-making-change-in-modern-africa-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}