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Tuesday, January 29, 2019

The Shackled Continent

1. What ar the key themes of the bear and what is the causes opinion on them? The Shackled Continent is a lively, engaging and last hopeful book about Saharan Africa written by Robert Guest. The germ analyses the question why Africa still is so poor and reflects the problems in this neck of the woods standardized poverty, disease, war, corruption and it is enlivened by the stories and encounters that he recites, and by the idea, that things penury not be this direction forever.There are differences of culture and history in these different countries, but again there are similarities of experience that tag out much of the post-colonial period. Corruption is endemic, poverty everywhere, wars are brutal and never-ending, and back up daily saps at the lives of people. The author criticises the failure in leadership of near Afri target countries and reflects that Africa still necessarily to go a long way to improve, but at the end, it will prosper. 2. What did you find intere sting in the book? Why?Honestly I found The Shackled Continent a very interesting book and could not formulate exactly how much I liked a particular part better than the others, and Ive unendingly wanted to k promptly what exactly is happening in this region of the valet, which do not stop watching unpleasant images on television and con in newspapers chilling news. But I always wanted to go into this subject without the influences of the media, explained by someone who has experienced firsthand. So if I hold back to stay with any part of the book, I get the answer that gives the author about the principal African problem.Guest argues it is because African governments score been either slap authoritarian or riven by corruption and tribalism. Governments have been wedded to underlying planning and consequently have failed to develop. Freedom, political and economic, has been denied to millions, and local elites have prospered as their populations have suffered. Ill stick with this idea, as it was one of my concerns before reading this book, and now it helps me to go out the problem. 3. What questions would you like to ask the author (at least 3)? Re exclusivelyy collectivist tendencies of African governments still hobble African economies? -Its true that countenance can help, but its always government economic policies and government activity that dictates success or failure? -Why real countries do not much to eradicate the AIDS virus in this region of the world? quarter there be any kind of interest behind? 4. stooge you suggest solutions to the problems/issues covered by the author? Personally I have some ways to solve the problems described by the author, but I dont admit if could be done someday.To combat poverty, developed countries could do more apprisedness campaigns for people to cave in financial contributions of more importance. Im certain if everyone only donate one euro, things could be better in Africa. The same with the diseas e. It should be made more drugs collection in flush countries to be allocated in this region. These countries could donate a large scale, as Im sure they can do it. To fight wars and corruption, developed countries should burgeon forth a greater role, and send troops if necessary to calm the situation and to monitor and embarrass any kind of corruption that can take place in this region.I know that these proposals are not easy to apply, but if we all could agree, I see we could do it. 5. Is there anything you disagree with the author about? We could say that Im totally agreed with the author of the book, since I seaportt enough knowledge about it to argue with the author. But if I were to argue something to the author, the statement would be made ??on farmers. Guest express that farmers without credit cant buy seeds or fertilizer to make the best use of their land. Im not agreeing with this because I hark back there must be some kind of subsidy or support from the State to the se farmers.I dont know exactly, because I seaportt a lot of knowledge about that, but I think it would be possible. Another thing is that in the conclusion, the author says something like many Africans say that Africas problems are anothers countrys fault (e. g. the States or European Union), and he disagree with that, but I think that in some way Africans are right, at least in the fact with this trade barrier story. 6. Have you learned anything from the book that helps you to take the world?Reading this book has helped me to take off my blindfold and understand once and for all what is happening in Africa. That wonderful continent that both(prenominal) can offer and how it seems to be forgotten. I have updated all the injustices that take place on this continent, and the deaf that developed countries are doing about it, and it has helped me to somewhat more with this topic. Reading these kind of books, you realize that people only carry off about themselves and ignore what is happening behind the barriers of their respective countries.Life can be wonderful in developed countries, but we must be aware that there are people who are not as heaven-sent as us, who live a daily hell and that many of them are alone. We also can help. We must help. 7. Is there anything in the book which you can disturb to the degree you are analyse? I am studying Business Administration and Management, and I think its always good to know what is happening in the world and why it is happening, and not just relate to the degree you are doing, but as general culture.With this reading I learned the forms of government in this region and also the type of resources on hand(predicate) and inquire into their economies. Now I know thats what a country needs to do to improve and that is what we must avoid to sink. I think all students should read these books to enrich their knowledge and expertise to take are as important or more that you learn in college. Because thats the real world , the world that tomorrow we face.

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