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21 Brown J. World Aff. 143 (2014-2015)
Is Africa Rising

handle is hein.journals/brownjwa21 and id is 143 raw text is: Is Africa Rising? IAN TAYLOR Professor of Intl. Relations and African Politics University of St Andrews AFRICA IS SAID TO BE rising, turning a definitive page in its history. African per capita growth figures are relatively high and have now been sustained for a decade or so, constructed on the back of high commodity prices. Analyses thus far have had strong evangelical undertones, suggesting that Africa has turned a corner and that its emergence is imminent. Barely a week passes without a new article, official report, or conference eulogizing the continent and its growth figures. Africa has been called a rising star and a global power that will rule the 21st century.' Previous, less positive studies on Africa's political economy 143 are dismissed as Afro-pessimism, to be swept away by the Ultimate Frontier Market.2 It is clear that a flip-flop in attitudes regarding the continent has oc- curred. With minimal critical consideration, the narrative has swung from a portrayal of Africa as a basket case to Africa now being the future. Growth in GDP and opportunities for investors are the new intonations in a crude con- struction of Africa that has shifted almost overnight. In the context of stagnating or slowly growing Western economies, Africa's growth does look comparatively healthy-setting aside for a moment the flatten- ing-out of over 50 variable countries into one entity known as Africa. However, the current process deepens and intensifies Africa's inveterate and deleterious terms of (mal)integration within the global political economy-terms which continue to be characterized by external dominance and socially damaging and IAN TAYLOR is Professor in International Relations and African Politics at the University of St Andrews and also Chair Professor in the School of International Studies, Renmin University of China. He is also Professor Extraordinary in Political Science at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa and an Hon- orary Professor at the Institute of African Studies, China. Focusing largely on sub-Saharan Africa, he has authored eight academic books and edited another eight, as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles and chapters. Prior to joining St Andrews in 2004, he taught African Politics for four years at the University of Botswana. He has conducted research in and/or visited 38 African countries. Copyright @ 2014 by the Brown Journal ofWorldAffairs FALL/WINTER 2014 * VOLUME XXI, ISSUE I

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