Afro-realismo

Imagem retirada do jornal Mail&Guardian

A Mo Ibrahim Foundation acaba de publicar o 2013 Ibrahim Index of African Governance. O seu fundador, Mo Ibrahim, bilionário ligado ao negócio das comunicações móveis, alerta para a necessidade de haver algum afro-realismo.

The index shows us that Africa has achieved progress in many key areas. It reveals that 94% of people on the continent live in a country that is better governed now than 13 years ago. Impressive gains have been made in terms of sustainable economic opportunity, gender, health and education. This is welcome news.

Tempting as it is, we must resist jumping to overly simplistic or optimistic conclusions about Africa and the direction it is heading. We have to guard against the "Africa rising" or "the hopeful continent" headlines – just as in the past when it was wrong to dismiss Africa as a "basket case" or a "hopeless continent". We need to move decisively away from both Afro-optimistic and Afro-pessimistic headlines towards Afro-realism

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