The potent powerlessness of Leftist politics in African states

A tale of people who want structural change but eschew the messy realities of economics and organized politics

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I: Where are the politically-organized African Leftists?

I recently reread (the elder) Olufemi Taiwo’s Africa Must be Modern — a provocative and highly readable book that I think should be required reading…