Youthquake: Why African Demography Should Matter to the World

ISBN-13: 9781800241602 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 352 str.

Edward Paice

Opis

A study of Africa's demographics - its youth and growth - and what they mean for the continent, today and into the future.

A study of Africa's demographics - its youth and growth - and what they mean for the continent, today and into the future.

Recenzje

'Essential reading for anyone who wants to understand Africa and its place in the world' Guardian

O autorze

Edward Paice is Director of Africa Research Institute. He was a History Scholar at Cambridge University and winner of the Leman Prize. After working for several years as an investment analyst in the City, he moved to Africa to write travel and natural history guides in Kenya and newly independent Eritrea. He is the author of Lost Lion of Empire: The Life of 'Cape-to-Cairo' Grogan, nominated by The Week as 'Best Newcomer' in 2001; Tip & Run, an acclaimed account of the First World War in East Africa; and Wrath of God: The Great Lisbon Earthquake of 1755. In 2003-4 Paice was awarded a Visiting Fellowship at Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.