A pioneering work, full of detail and depth of knowledge about Africa ...
His forthcoming book is a collection of his essays on Africa spanning the four decades, 1971-2011..
He was the editor-in-chief of the important Montreal daily newspaper Le Devoir
Delegate General of Quebec in Paris, France
Secretary General of La Francophonie
President of Law and Democracy, and President and Director General of BAnQ.
In Africa, like everywhere else in the world, strategies and actions must be put into place to seize the moment which is so unique in global history." -- Jean-Louis Roy , from the Introduction About author(s): Jean-Louis Roy is a prolific author and renowned diplomat, public figure, journalist, and professor with a life-long interest and commitment to Africa.
But these changes are robust and decisive.
This book documents these transformations now taking hold in Africa, however incomplete, unequal and difficult. the most important shift in the history of humanity; "the second marks the emergence of new forms of human civilization ...
The OECD stated that the first Transformation is " ...
Together with China and India, Africa will surely affect our planet\'s future! "Africans are and will continue to be the beneficiaries of two dramatic global transformations: first, the shift of wealth from the West to the East and the South; second, the impact of the universalization of the Digital age.
These same forces now make Africa the "construction site of the century." Africa in the decade 2040- 2050 will have a population of 2.5 billion people. a must read! Two powerful forces converged to shift global development in the last three decades from the West to the East and Asia.
A pioneering work, full of detail and depth of knowledge about Africa ..
