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Radio 4,28 Nov 1979,30 mins

SeriesAli Mazrui - The African Condition

The Burden of Underdevelopment

The Reith Lectures

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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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