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: Guest examines how "tribal hucksters" use ethnic loyalties to stay in power, often leading to civil war and zero-sum politics where one group's gain is another's loss. Hope Amid the Hard Truths

Product Description. A former Africa editor for The Economist, Robert Guest addresses the troubled continent's thorniest problems: www.smithsonianbooks.com The Shackled Continent: Power, Corruption, and ...

Guest moves beyond traditional explanations for underdevelopment, focusing on internal governance and economic barriers: : Guest examines how "tribal hucksters" use ethnic

Reviewers from Publishers Weekly and academic journals note that while Guest’s reporting is engrossing, his strong pro-market stance—viewing global capitalism as the primary solution—can be controversial among those who emphasize the lingering structural impacts of colonialism. : He points to countries like Botswana ,

: He points to countries like Botswana , which utilized its mineral wealth and sound economic policies to achieve significant growth, contrasting it with the socialist-led stagnation of its neighbor, Zambia.