The history of economic development in Africa as a whole

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A Letter to the African Patriot
By Femi Akomolafe, 1994. Pan-African solidarity. Colonial legacy of partitioning.
A dialog on race
A dialog from the African Global Experience forum, 4 January 1995. To what extent is race a factor in Africa's lack of development?
The Danger of Failure to Unite as Africans
By Emmanuel K. Twesigye, OWU, 26 February 1995.
Africa's economic woes reflect global crisis
From People's Democracy (newspaper of the Communist Party of India), 1995. Africa's relative and absolute lack of economic development.
Community Media Affirmed as Tool for Development
Statement by NGO Participants in Econews Africa, December 1995.
Changing African Cities
A brief introduction to the work of the Coalition for the Development of Urban Africa, 25 March 1997. Africa has rapidly become urbanized, and urban life brings the region's enormous vitality and imagination together with a wide array of challenges about how to make cities work and sustainable.
Booting Up Africa
Editorial by Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, 5 May 1998. Globalization and the information revolution offer an escalator from poverty into the global economy. [This point not at all so obvious outside the U.S.].
Best and Brightest Head West
By Thalif Deen, IPS, 10 February 1999. Africa's ‘Brain Drain.’
Africa Registers The Fastest growing Economy. . . , but
By Lewis Machipisa, IPS, 5 May 1999. Africa remains deeply entrenched in poverty, although it registered the fastest growing economy than any other region last year, according to a new report by the UN Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).