{"product_id":"9781450027786","title":"African Development and the Influence of Western Media: Breaking The Cycle Of \"Ravaging The African Continent\"","description":"This book tells a wholesome story about the African continent , (the 2nd largest continent in the world ) , it’s people, culture ; and it’s enormous natural resources and minerals as never been presented to the world audience by the western media . It’s enormous natural resources unrivaled anywhere on earth that benefited mostly the West for their development but under reported by the media who mostly portray a skewered picture of  a needy , poor  and helpless image of  a people . It’s about a continent long marginalized socially, economically  and  long misunderstood for no apparent reason while it’s vast  riches of natural resources are exploited . It  shows the various life’s metamorphoses Africans have experienced beginning with slavery, colonialism and neocolonialism .                                                       It exposes the upsurge of arms proliferation on the continent and illegal European toxic waste dumping . It brought attention to the billions of dollars stored in various Western banks with little chances of being repatriated to Africa . There is also the story of Africa’s involvement in the 1st and 2nd World wars . Africa’s role in World development has long been under reported  and this book is ready the record straight .","brand":"Xlibris Corporation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47128644878576,"sku":"9781450027786","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781450027786_p0.jpg?v=1763836380","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781450027786","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}