The Italian Diplomat Giuseppe Mistretta, currently Director for Sub-Saharian Africa at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and former Ambassador of Italy to Ethiopia, has just published the book "Africa’s pathways, The future of the Continent through Europe, Italy, China and New Actors" (LUISS University Press, 2021). The author sketches a realistic portrait of the continent avoiding some of the slogans and stereotypes related to Africa. He presents an overall optimistic approach on future prospects, without neglecting, however, the difficult tests foreseen in the coming years for African states and peoples. The foreword to the book is by Romano Prodi, former President of the EU Commission and former Italian Prime Minister.
Here is a brief description of the book by the Publisher:
"African current events, and the complex political and social dynamics underlying them, are still too often subject to commonplaces and stereotypes in the political debate and in the media. Giuseppe Mistretta is a diplomat and a major expert of the African continent. In this book, he outlines a realistic and detailed picture of Africa and its various countries, of their development perspectives, along with the broader international scenario involving China, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. He recalls the key role that Europe and Italy play as major actors in the African geopolitical context. Without overseeing the tough challenges and trials facing African countries and populations in the next years, Africa’s pathways offers an optimistic perspective on the future of this young and dynamic continent, where investments and initiatives of both public and private organisations are steadily growing, infrastructures are rapidly progressing, and extremely interesting potential is foreseeable in the technological and financial development."
Giuseppe Mistretta, Africa’s pathways, The future of the Continent through Europe, Italy, China and New Actors, LUISS University Press, Rome, 2021, pp. 150, €16.00.
Giuseppe Mistretta has been Ambassador of Italy in Angola and in Ethiopia, and has spent twenty years of his professional life in Africa. Presently he is Director for Sub-Saharian Africa at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. He is the author of several books, such as Un ponte lungo quattro secoli (Gangemi, 2013), Angola. Un paese moderno nel centro dell’Africa (Polaris, 2014) and I noti ospiti (Greco&Greco, 2018). He has also been a contributing editor to La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera newspapers and to the monthly magazine Capital. Africa’s pathways is his first book to be translated into English.
"African current events, and the complex political and social dynamics underlying them, are still too often subject to commonplaces and stereotypes in the political debate and in the media. Giuseppe Mistretta is a diplomat and a major expert of the African continent. In this book, he outlines a realistic and detailed picture of Africa and its various countries, of their development perspectives, along with the broader international scenario involving China, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. He recalls the key role that Europe and Italy play as major actors in the African geopolitical context. Without overseeing the tough challenges and trials facing African countries and populations in the next years, Africa’s pathways offers an optimistic perspective on the future of this young and dynamic continent, where investments and initiatives of both public and private organisations are steadily growing, infrastructures are rapidly progressing, and extremely interesting potential is foreseeable in the technological and financial development."
Giuseppe Mistretta, Africa’s pathways, The future of the Continent through Europe, Italy, China and New Actors, LUISS University Press, Rome, 2021, pp. 150, €16.00.
Giuseppe Mistretta has been Ambassador of Italy in Angola and in Ethiopia, and has spent twenty years of his professional life in Africa. Presently he is Director for Sub-Saharian Africa at the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. He is the author of several books, such as Un ponte lungo quattro secoli (Gangemi, 2013), Angola. Un paese moderno nel centro dell’Africa (Polaris, 2014) and I noti ospiti (Greco&Greco, 2018). He has also been a contributing editor to La Repubblica and Corriere della Sera newspapers and to the monthly magazine Capital. Africa’s pathways is his first book to be translated into English.
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