{"product_id":"architects-of-poverty","title":"Architects of Poverty , by Moeletsi Mbeki","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOf an estimated 1 billion people in the world who are trapped in a cycle of grinding poverty and despair, a disproportionate number live in sub-Saharan Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn this innovative and challenging account,\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMoeletsi Mbeki\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eanalyses the plight of Africa and concludes that the fault lies not with the mass of its people but with its rulers – the political elites who contrive to keep their fellow citizens poor while enriching themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eConcentrating mainly on South Africa, his country of birth, and Zimbabwe, his home when he was in exile, Mbeki tells a tale of lost opportunities and extinguished hopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eYet Mbeki is no Afro-pessimist. Along with his candid exposé of the problems, he poses some suggestions about what needs to be done to break the stranglehold of the African elites on political power and to set sub-Saharan Africa once more on the road to development.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Booksite Afrika","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39308084314197,"sku":"9781770101616","price":190.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/0053\/8453\/products\/download_18.jpg?v=1617195673","url":"https:\/\/vikas-test.myshopify.com\/products\/architects-of-poverty","provider":"Vikas Test","version":"1.0","type":"link"}