The Burden of Underdevelopment
Professor Ali Mazrui examines the burden of Africa's underdevelopment and asks why the resource rich region accommodates some of the poorest countries in the world.
Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan, Ali Mazrui, considers Africa's lack of economic development in his fourth Reith lecture from his series entitled 'The African Condition'.
In this lecture entitled 'The Burden of Underdevelopment', Professor Ali Mazrui questions how such a resource rich region of the world accommodates some of the poorest countries in the world.
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- Wed 28 Nov 1979 09:00麻豆社 Radio 4
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