In this urgent yet optimistic new work, Nobel Peace Prize Winner Wangari Maathai provides a unique perspective on the fate of Africa. Informed by her three decades as an environmental activist and campaigner for democracy, The Challenge for Africa celebrates the enduring potential of the human spirit, and reminds us that change is always possible.

• The State of Africa: A History of the Continent Since Independence
• The No-Nonsense Guide to International Development (No-Nonsense Guides)
• Dead Aid: Why aid is not working and how there is another way for Africa
• Aid and Other Dirty Business: How Good Intentions Have Failed the World's Poor
• The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It