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This is a publication that needs the widest publicity in the age in which we live. No one doubts the strategic position that Africa in general has in the political, religious and economic platforms in the world today. Yet what do we know about Africa? What have others told us about this continent? How can we evaluate and appreciate everything we have seen, heard and read about this continent? The analytic and comparative approach adopted in this book is a revelation and a revolution that transcends and transforms the historical, political and sociological stereotypes that the very history and convention seem to have set at our disposal.

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