Looking at how Africa can modernize, build and improve their indigenous institutions which have been castigated by African leaders as "backward and primitive", Ayittey argues that Africa should build and expand upon these traditions of free markets and free trade.

In "Africa Unchained", George Ayittey takes a controversial look at Africa's future and makes a number of daring suggestions. Looking at how Africa can modernize, build and improve their indigenous institutions which have been castigated by African leaders as "backward and primitive", Ayittey argues that Africa should build and expand upon these traditions of free markets and free trade. Asking why the poorest Africans haven't been able to prosper in the 21st century, Ayittey makes the answer obvious: their economic freedom was snatched from them. War and conflict replaced peace and the infrastructure crumbled. In this book Ayittey looks at the possibilities for indigenous structures to revive a troubled continent.

INTRODUCTION - WHY AFRICA IS POOR: The African Paradox Atinga - The African Peasant
Angry Peasants Fighting Back
More Angry Voices
Economic Retrogression
Africa's Salvation and Future
Plan of Book. A CENTURY LOST: The Dawn of the New Century
Dysfunctional States. TACKLING AFRICA'S CRISES: Establishing the "Enabling Environment"
Tackling Persistent Crises. COLLECTIVE LEADERSHIP FAILURE: The Blame Game
Kokonut Reform - Progress Report
Combating AIDS - Utter Leadership Failure
Tackling Other Issues
Shameful Response to Zimbabwe's Crisis
Africa's Predicament
Ayittey's Laws of African Misgovernance. POST-COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT - THE ELITE MODEL: The Shibboleth of Development Ideologies for Africa's post-colonial Development
Strategies for Development. THE FIRST GENERATIONAL PROBLEMS: The Predatory State
Failed Industrialization
Drive Development Financing - The Huge Resource Gap. (Part contents.)