Who Really Benefits? The Uncomfortable Truth About Africa-Europe Economic Relations
"A bird that relies on another for food will never fly far," says an African proverb that captures the quiet danger of dependency. This wisdom finds relevance in The Self-Deception Trap: Exploring the Economic Dimension of Charity Dependency with Africa-Europe Relations, where Professor Carlos Lopes, a Bissau-Guinean scholar at the Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town, South Africa, offers a piercing critique of the unequal power dynamics that lie beneath Europe's so-called benevolent assistance. In a spellbinding conversation, African Currents spoke with…
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