ANTB20H3 Chapter : ANTB20; Global Shadows (b) Africa and the World by Ferguson
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Global shadows (b) africa and the world by ferguson a continent; fifth of the world"s land surface; 800 million people live. We always hear about africa as being in trouble, or failure. Africa keeps being described through a series of lack/absences; often describes as the dark continent , or as a comparison to the western world which sheds a light on it. \ Anthropology: implicated in western constructions of africa but also elaborated the ideas of africa as defined by tradition, simple societies without history; The variety of africa"s locality and tradition suppresses the description of it as a whole. Negative assumption about africa are the main reason for under-investment. Investors are unable to distinguish among countries tend to give negative attributes to the entire region; Couple of attempts have been made to help the economy and poverty of africa but have failed and led to corruption and rent-seekers. Multi-party elections manipulated by the international leaders pronounced to be.