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Notes from the Author

A Summary of the Trilogy

Sustainable African development can only be achieved through a greater emphasis on

regional focus.

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African Solutions to African Problems
The African Union (AU) may not be perfect, but it has gained some authority. Channelling

Overseas Development Aid (ODA) in a way that gives the AU a much greater role makes
sense. It is the best placed authority to leverage regional development. And an enhanced

role for the AU in multi-national ODA will itself further increase the authority that the AU
can bring to bear across a range of pan-African issues. Not least in securing greater levels

of political stability and security in places most in need of these.

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The 'zuŋ u relationship with Africa is outdated and, as much as ever, is a key
impediment to the further development of Africa. Africa has advanced.

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International Aid
Led by m’zungu politicians driven by their own m’zungu political self-interest, a world of
m̩ 'zuŋ u institutions behaving institutionally. Conflicting self-interests, made worse by a
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lack of agreement on the best methodology for economic development. All too often

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pursued by a ‘boss-centric’ relationship in which the 'zuŋ u is the boss.
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Bretton Woods Institutions - The absentee landlords of the modern era

Institutions that, for many Africans, embody m’zungu self-interest and whose ‘boss-centric’

relationship with African governments is a constant reminder of how little independence
they actually have.

The cause of at least some of the societal and political instability found in modern day
Africa.

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