"This book argues that Africa is in a mess due to African people's imprudent and misguided actions at the macro, meso and micro levels in all African countries. The book's contention is that even though Africa's problems emanate from slavery and colonialism, most of them, are actually man-made, that is, created by Africans themselves. The former are referred to in the book as the "wrong things about Africa". If Africa is to prosper and advance in all facets of human endeavour, then all Africans must discard and eradicate all the "wrong things about Africa" which are mentioned in this book"--Back cover.