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Notes from the Author

A Summary of the Trilogy

Much of the domestic “corruption” has a connection with

issues which have an ‘international’ background
e.g. a country’s ‘debt overhang’ and IFF

issues which stem at least in part from the colonial powers failure to prepare properly
for African independence and the decades of chaos that followed independence

e.g. the presence and size of ‘informal’ employment, ‘informal’ housing which effectively place a
large percent of the population in circumstances where the ‘rule of law’ breaks down and low-level
gangsterism and corruption flourishes.

Acts of ‘survival are not corruption. Illicit Finance Flows (IFF) are corrupt and corrosive.

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Developing Africa

‘Off the shelf’ programmes cannot succeed. Tailored development will always be better

for being designed and overseen by those people whose daily life is confronted by these

realities.

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Where the 'zuŋ u tends towards commodification, African values spring from a sense of
communitarian-ism. African peoples view the land they own as part of their family history.
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The 'zuŋ u as a commodity to be bought and sold.
(It should surprise no one that ‘property’ has become one of the big ‘conflict’ issues in Africa)

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The 'zuŋ u is as disconnected from the African as he ever was.
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Development of Africa's many landlocked countries hinges on events in their neighbouring
countries. Almost a third of Africa's 54 countries are landlocked and the interdependence

between them and their neighbours has long been established as fundamental to the
development of all Africa. Fluctuations in economic and political stability flow from one

country to another.

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The need for a regional focus underlines the need for 'zuŋ u ODA to be channelled
through the African Union.