{"product_id":"the-failure-of-leadership-in-africas-development-9781793613257","title":"The Failure of Leadership in Africa's Development","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book examines the standard scholarly explanations of the cause of Africa’s underdevelopment and argues that the traditional scholarly explanations — colonial and neo-colonial expropriation, racial assumptions, nor geographical theory — are plausible as the main cause of Africa’s underdevelopment. Rather, the book contends, the chief cause of the continent’s underdevelopment is the failure of leadership in a long succession of Africa’s traditional ruling classes. This failure of leadership, the book shows, was demonstrated most clearly in the historically traceable indifference of a long line of Africa’s monarchs to scientific and technological progress. This indifference set the stage for the subsequent conquest, expropriation, and technological stagnation of Africa. The book concludes by recommending a blueprint for the continent’s future development.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Africa’s Underdevelopment: Nagging Questions Chapter 2: A Crippled and Comatose Giant Chapter 3: The Cause of Africa’s Underdevelopment: Conflicting Theories Chapter 4: Africa’s Historical Indifference to Technological Progress Chapter 5: Monarchs of “The Encounter” and their Feeble Responses to Europe’s Superior Technology Chapter 6: A Blueprint for Africa’s Development Chapter 7: The Poverty of Contemporary African Political Thought","brand":"Lexington Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042631156055,"sku":"9781793613257","price":72.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781793613257.jpg?v=1750954928","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-failure-of-leadership-in-africas-development-9781793613257","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}