{"product_id":"the-challenge-for-africa-9780307377401","title":"The Challenge for Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eWangari Maathai  Nobel Peace Prize laureate and founder of the Green Belt Movement  offers a refreshingly unique perspective on the challenges facing Africa  even as she calls for a moral revolution among Africans themselves  who  she argues  are culturally deracinated  adrift between worlds.  The troubles of Africa today are severe and wide-ranging. Yet what we see of them in the media  more often than not  are tableaux vivantes connoting poverty  dependence  and desperation. Wangari Maathai presents a different vision  informed by her three decades as an environmental activist and campaigner for democracy. She illuminates the complex and dynamic nature of the continent  and offers hardheaded hope and realistic options for change and improvement. With clarity of expression  Maathai analyzes the most egregious bottlenecks to development in Africa  occurring at the international  national  and individual levelscultural upheaval and enduring poverty among themand deftly describes what Africans can and need to do for themselves  stressing all the while responsibility and accountability.  Impassioned and empathetic  The Challenge for Africa is a book of immense importance.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45647284437045,"sku":"ByrdShop_0307377407","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780307377401.jpg?v=1781691639","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-challenge-for-africa-9780307377401","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}