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Africa and the Ideology of Eurafrica: Neo-Colonialism or Pan-Africanism?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 November 2008

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This article is an inquiry into the major causes of the continued state of underdevelopment and dependency of Africa in spite of its enormous wealth and tremendous economic potential. It constitutes a follow-up to earlier, historical queries on the present state of African economies:

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