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Mkandawire, Thandika. "Can Africa Turn from Recovery to Development?" Current
     History, vol. 113, no. 763, May 2014, pp. 171-77.

The author is a professor of African Development at the London School of Economics.

The article talks about how Africa which was once cast as hopeless and a risky investment is mow making a turnaround. The author talks about how many incumbent politicians make claims as to bringing Africa into the financial state it is currently in. He then goes on to talk about what lead to Africas recovery financially. The author talks about investments that could be made to improve the situation and explains opportunities that could have been taken that would have left Africa in a better state. Finally the author explains that people should be hopeful as to the future of Africa.

The author makes a. String argument as he goes over the policies that explain what occurred for Africa to be in its current economic state. The author also uses graphs and numbers to make his point.