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History shows that no country has ever become rich by exporting foodstuffs and raw materials without also having an industrial sector. So why is Africa doing it? Our advice is: Do as the Americans and British did, not as they tell you.

ee p. 71 for subscription offer details LETERS 4 Your news and views COVER STORY: 8 Unlocking Africa’s secret to wealth 18 The rise of South Korea 20 How the others did it 22 The Marshall Plan 24 The Malaysian experience FEATURES 28 Zimbabwe: ‘We are fed up with sanctions’ 32 Uganda: Museveni fully in charge 34 Togo: Looking to the future 36 Zambia: Fighting for power 38 Nigeria: A new era? 42 DRCongo: Lumumba the symbol 48 Sierra Leone: Bio’s story SPECIAL REPORT: KENYA 54 A decade of revolution 58 The Kibaki succession

61 Tourism takes on a new sheen REFLECTIONS 64 Where was the AU? THE INTERVIEW 66 Rwanda: ‘I will step down in 2017’, says Kagame NEW AFRICAN MARKET 68 East Africa: Why political federation is difficult to achieve NEM TRE 72 A theatre of the absurd

DIASPORA 74 Blacks who fought in the

American Civil War THE ARTS 80 Lucky Jim, still at work at 81 SPORT 86 What next for African football?

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