Review
"Here, at last, is a first hand account by an eye-witness of the Africanization process..." -- Peter Duigan- Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
An invaluable and original work easily accessible to students, scholars, and the general reading public with an interest in African affairs. -- Midwest Book Review
Here, at last, is a first hand account by an eye-witness of the Africanization process after the European officials pulled down their flags and went home. The high hopes of Africanization were never attained; instead corruption, inefficiency and stagnation resulted. The entrepreneurial elites left the countries or were forced out, taking with them their capital and skills. Africans lacked the skills or the money to carry on, and all too often businesses, shops, stores, were abandoned. Throughout much of Africa the economies declined or stagnated.
An invaluable and original work easily accessible to students, scholars, and the general reading public with an interest in African affairs. -- Midwest Book Review
Here, at last, is a first hand account by an eye-witness of the Africanization process after the European officials pulled down their flags and went home. The high hopes of Africanization were never attained; instead corruption, inefficiency and stagnation resulted. The entrepreneurial elites left the countries or were forced out, taking with them their capital and skills. Africans lacked the skills or the money to carry on, and all too often businesses, shops, stores, were abandoned. Throughout much of Africa the economies declined or stagnated.
Mr. Casto tells the stories of three countries where he served -- Ghana, Uganda and Kenya -- and of Zimbabwe where he studied. This is an important book that should be read by everyone interested in the reasons for Africa's failures. -- Peter Duignan, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution
Product Description
L. Dalton Casto's many years of work and travel in Africa, helping people cope with post-independent government experiments, have contributed to an original, intriguing and eye-opening analysis of Africa's policies and politics, successes and failures. His writing comes from direct experience with no hidden agendas or outside interference, as he analyses the various "Africanization" policies of replacing "non-citizen businesses" with African Citizen business ownership.
Topics cover the Africanization struggles in Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Uganda, and Zimbabwe; and an in-depth analysis of South Africa today, including Nelson Mandela, Anti-Apartheid, the African National Congress, and South African Homelands.
The many examples and lessons illustrated in the book contribute to a better understanding of the on-going struggles for economic and political balance in both Sub-Saharan and South Africa.
