John Fobanjong

State of the continent: A mid-century assessment of political performance in Africa

Cameroon: Spears Media Press , 2018. 300 p. Soft. ISBN 9781942876342.  In English

What precisely is the state of the African continent today? Depending on one’s perspective, the answer may either dwell on Africa’s recent economic and political accomplishments or focus on the long-standing single-story of failure, disaster and eternal dictatorships. This book provides a nuanced, forceful and balanced assessment of Africa’s political and economic performance since independence. John Fobanjong is Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and Adjunct Professor at the United States Naval War College. He has published three university textbooks, including Understanding the Backlash Against Affirmative Action (2001); The Life, Thought, and Legacy of Cape Verde's Freedom Fighter Amilcar Cabral 1924-1973: Essays on His Liberation Philosophy (2006), and Political Perspectives: Essays on Government and Politics (2005). Professor Fobanjong served as Director of the African and African American Studies program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth from 2000 to 2005, and as a United States Fulbright Scholar from 2009 to 2010. In 2014, he received the U.S. State Department's International Speakers' Bureau Award and was a Keynote Speaker at the celebration of the 30th anniversary of the independence of the Republic of Cape Verde.

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