The Rebirth of the African Phoenix A View from Bablyon

Africa is a phoenix rising from the ashes of the burnt out colonial world. This sets the background for this new book in a time of genuine challenge to the power system that has dominated the world since World War II. The book begins by looking back at the authors first physical encounter with Africa when he visited Ghana in the early 1990's. The book had eight subsequent chapters. Chapter two, called Money, will look at the crippling debt burden of African nations and will make the case for a payment strike. Chapter three examines the important relationship that Africans have to the Land after the disruption of the relationship by enslavement and colonialism. Chapter four, entitled Bread, will question why such an abundant continent is now forced to import most of its sustenance from abroad? Chapter five, Water, looks at the impact of the climate emergency on Africa. Chapter six examines the world of Work and migration on the African continent. Chapter seven looks at the quest for Peace on the continent and the role of the western powers in causing and supporting conflict. Chapter eight will look at the role that Culture will play in building a new pan-Africanism for the 21st Century. Chapter nine makes the connection between the continent and the African Diaspora. The final chapter brings together some of McKenzie's Reflections proposes a new movement for Africans across the globe.