Africa's New Class of Power Players. Danna Harman.
by Harman, Danna; ProQuest Information and Learning Company.
Series: SIRS Enduring Issues 2004Article 78Global Issues. Publisher: Christian Science Monitor, 2003ISSN: 1522-3221;.Subject(s): Africa -- Economic conditions | Africa -- Politics and government | Africa -- Social conditions | AIDS (Disease) -- Africa | Botswana -- Politics and government | Brain drain | Kenya -- Politics and government | Leadership | Rwanda -- Politics and governmentDDC classification: 050 Summary: "Every year Africa's best and brightest leave their cities and villages for Harvard or McGill University or the London School of Economics....The Monitor spoke with more than a dozen of Africa's promising young leaders who studied in the West--from the head of Botswana's revolutionary AIDS program to the founder of Africa's biggest Internet company to a possible future president of Kenya--about their choice to return home. We asked them about giving up a life of comfort for a life of contribution, what obstacles they face, and what they are doing to break the continent's cycle of dysfunction." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article profiles Africa's brightest young leaders who are striving to make a difference and improve conditions in their countries.| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
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Originally Published: Africa's New Class of Power Players, Sept. 30, 2003; pp. n.p..
"Every year Africa's best and brightest leave their cities and villages for Harvard or McGill University or the London School of Economics....The Monitor spoke with more than a dozen of Africa's promising young leaders who studied in the West--from the head of Botswana's revolutionary AIDS program to the founder of Africa's biggest Internet company to a possible future president of Kenya--about their choice to return home. We asked them about giving up a life of comfort for a life of contribution, what obstacles they face, and what they are doing to break the continent's cycle of dysfunction." (CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR) This article profiles Africa's brightest young leaders who are striving to make a difference and improve conditions in their countries.
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