The Bright Continent
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Dayo Olopade knew from personal experience that Western news reports on conflict, disease, and poverty obscure the true story of modern Africa. And so she crossed sub-Saharan Africa to document how ordinary people deal with their daily challenges. She found what cable news ignores: a continent of ambitious reformers and young social entrepreneurs driven by kanju-creativity born of African difficulty. It's a trait found in pioneers like Kenneth Nnebue, who turned cheap VHS tapes into the multimillion-dollar film industry Nollywood. Or Ushahidi, a technology collective that crowdsources citizen activism and disaster relief. A shining counterpoint to conventional wisdom, The Bright Continent rewrites Africa's challenges as opportunities to innovate, and celebrates a history of doing more with less as a powerful model for the rest of the world.
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Olopade, D. (2014). The Bright Continent. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Olopade, Dayo. 2014. The Bright Continent. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Olopade, Dayo, The Bright Continent. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Olopade, Dayo. The Bright Continent. [United States], Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.
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