Why the US-Africa Summit Was Important and Why It Wasn’t Enough

Clear Eyed on Africa

If America really wants to help Africa grow with trade and investment, it needs to ditch a number of stereotypes it still holds.

Published Aug. 9 2014 6:45AM EDT

articles/2014/08/09/why-the-us-africa-summit-was-important-and-why-it-wasn-t-enough/140808-Prendergast-post-africa-tease_n3azug — Larry Downing/Reuters

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times….It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.

Those words penned by Charles Dickens about the period leading up to the French Revolution seem quite applicable to Africa today on the heels of the first-ever U.S.-Africa...

John Prendergast

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Why the US-Africa Summit Was Important and Why It Wasn’t Enough

If America really wants to help Africa grow with trade and investment, it needs to ditch a number of stereotypes it still holds.

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John Prendergast