G. P. Zachary
G. Pascal Zachary is the author of Married to Africa: a Love Story.
By hosting the World Cup this month, South Africa is set to defy Africa’s image as too poor and trouble-ridden to stage one of the world’s great spectacles. With its pursuit of research into the farth… read more
On July 10, one very important descendant of black Africa will make a triumphant return to the motherland. But Barack Obama’s visit to Ghana, while heavy on symbolism, reveals the limits of his power:… read more
While the new Obama administration is commanding global attention, America’s future may be written – as so many times before – in and by its largest state. Once the lodestar for American optimism and … read more
The anxiety over Jacob Zuma’s election as president of South Africa obscures a significant milestone: for the first time in decades, a sub-Saharan nation has at its helm a champion of ordinary people.
In sub-Saharan Africa, there are few hints of the global financial crisis that is consuming the capitalist world. The region’s historical marginalization within the international financial system – so… read more
For too long, African governments have listened to the siren song of free trade – and have suffered from too much openness, not too little. But, with the US and the European Union unwilling to slash t… read more
Americans do-gooders like Nicholas Negroponte, with his $100 laptop, have identified the right problem: Africa is way behind technologically and rapid leap-frogging is possible. But Chinese and Indian… read more
