{"product_id":"b00e78ib02","title":"The Bright Continent: Breaking Rules and Making Change in Modern Africa – Celebrating African Creativity, Ingenuity, and Innovation","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe path to progress in Africa lies in the surprising and innovative solutions Africans are finding for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e“A hopeful narrative about a continent on the rise.” ― New York Times Book Review\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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  kanju ―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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA shining counterpoint to the conventional wisdom,  The Bright Continent  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor anyone who wants to understand how the African economy really works, The Bright Continent is a good place to start. ―Reuters\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e[An] upbeat study of development in Africa...The book is written more in wonder at African ingenuity than in anger at foreign incomprehension. ― The New Yorker\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52836267196632,"sku":"YSL59613","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/91DgckWAh2L._SY1500.jpg?v=1793265739","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b00e78ib02","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}