AFRICA 21st - TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE AFRICA GREATER


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The African Union and some organisations such as NEPAD have developed policies for the development of Africa to date. But these policies are not really effective when we consider the current African economic situation compared to the northern countries. A large number of African refugees are pouring into the north. One of the fundamental problems causing the non-implementation of these policies is the lack of a clear agenda that can trigger the development process and solve all other problems at once. The AFRICA 21st project proposes an agenda limited in space and time, which can solve all existing socio-economic problems or be a real way out of these problems in a specific time. Plan: - Concept of construction of high standing houses accessible to any purse, intended for mass consumption - Assembly of the houses in an industrial chain - Priority is given to the villages before eventually expanding to the cities Goal: - To improve and raise the living conditions of the peasant, the very basis of Africa. - To revalue the peasant life through a unique architecture. - To move to a modern era, which should necessarily come one day. - To eradicate poverty. - General electrification of the rural area. - Abolish illegal immigration to the north by giving the African the ability and means to visit the whole world at will and if the need arises. - Together we can make Africa greater by creating and achieving the most greatest African Dream of the 21st century. Many great leaders, including Nelson Mandela, agree with the fact that: " Vision without action is just a dream, action without vision just passes the time, and vision with action can change the world."







Can Africa Claim the 21st Century?


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Africa in the 21st Century offers a comprehensive review of development prospects in each of the major development sectors.













Beyond the Water's Edge


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This report assesses domestic political support for internationalist foreign policy by analyzing the motivations of members of Congress on key foreign policy issues. It includes case studies on major foreign policy debates in recent years, including the use of force, foreign aid, trade policy and U.S.-Russia relations. It also develops a new series of archetypes for describing the foreign policy worldviews of members of the 115th Congress to replace the current stale and unsophisticated labels of internationalist, isolationist, hawk and dove. Report findings emphasize areas of bipartisan cooperation on foreign policy issues given member ideologies.







State of the Continent


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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. While acknowledging Africa’s tragic pitfalls, dating to the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism, State of the Continent skillfully argues that t­heories associated with the dependency school are no longer enough to explain the continent’s failures in governance and economic performance. For a continent so richly blessed and endowed with both human and material resources, the blame for Africa’s lackluster performance falls squarely on its leadership. To get things right, Nkrumah’s vision of the primacy of the “political kingdom” must be prioritized whereupon economic gains shall predictably, follow. In lucid and persuasive prose, this volume is an ideal book for scholars as well as students of international studies and African politics.




Personal Reflections of a Ghanaian Foreign Service Officer - Whither Ghanaian Diplomacy?


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Dr. William G. M. Brandful, born on December 04, 1952 in Cape Coast, Ghana, will turn sixty years old on December 04, 2012, when he will launch his book Personal Reflections of a Ghanaian Foreign Service Officer - Whither Ghanaian Diplomacy? The book chronicles Dr. Brandful¿s experiences as a Foreign Service Officer in a way that those experiences serve to mirror the diplomacy of Ghana which then gets examined to see how it may have excelled in the past; how it is being confronted currently with challenges to the point of sometimes blunting its efficacy; and how it could be ¿re-engineered¿ towards greater future achievement. The attempt may be ambitious, but it is motivated by a passionate sincerity, only equaled by the other commitment to also contribute through the book to the creation of institutional memory for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration of Ghana. Currently the Ambassador of Ghana to Japan with concurrent accreditation to Singapore as non-Resident High Commissioner, the author served previously at the Ghanaian Missions in Zambia, Mali, Germany, and Benin. Between the date of joining the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration in May 1977, and the specified diplomatic assignments, Ambassador Brandful worked at various positions at the Ministry in Ghana, including Chief of Protocol and later as Supervising Director, Policy Planning, Research and Monitoring. Dr. Brandful had his Secondary education in Ghana at Mfantsipim School from 1964 to 1971 and pursued his initial university studies at the University of Ghana (1971-75, including one year abroad 73/74 at the University of Dakar, Senegal), followed by post-graduate studies successively at the Polytechnic of Central London; University of Nairobi, Kenya; International Institute for Public Administration in Paris (I.I.A.P); The Hague Academy of International Law; and the University of Paris XI, Sceaux Faculty, France, from where he obtained a ¿Doctorat de Troisieme Cycle¿ in International Relations in January, 1986. Dr. Brandful is married to Dinah Brandful (née Coleman); has four daughters and three grandchildren. He speaks French. As hobbies, Ambassador Brandful plays squash, tennis, piano and golf.