Advocates for change: How to overcome Africa's challenges

by Moeletsi Mbeki (Editor), Seeraj Mohamed (Contributor), Mandivamba Rukuni (Contributor)

In his insightful bestseller, Architects of Poverty, Moeletsi Mbeki examined why Africans comprise the majority of the world’s bottom billion, illustrating how Africa’s political elite are to blame. Not content with articulating only the problems, in Advocates for Change Mbeki brings together experts from across the continent who believe there are solutions to the challenges that Africa faces. In these pages you will hear from L. Amédée Darga on Mauritius; David Everatt on class formation and inequality; Mike Herrington on entrepreneurship; Jonathan D. Jansen on education; Paul Jourdan on mineral resources; Gilbert M. Khadiagala on elections; Thandika Mkandawire on re-industrialisation; Seeraj Mohamed on the economy; Sindiso Ndema Ngwenya on regional integration; Mandivamba Rukuni on traditional agriculture; and Francois Venter and Helen Rees on health.This accessible, highly informative collection covers diverse fields to reveal in thought-provoking chapters how Africa can once more be set on the road to development. Moeletsi Mbeki is a journalist, private business entrepreneur, political commentator and author of Architects of Poverty: Why African Capitalism Needs Changing, published by Picador Africa in 2009.

Genres: Africa

297 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Moeletsi Mbeki is a political economist and the deputy chairman of the South African Institute of International Affairs, an independent think tank based at the University of the Witwatersrand. He is the younger brother of former President Thabo Mbeki, of whom he has been a frequent critic, and son of ANC leader Govan Mbeki.