I wanted to post again because so much of this text deals with economics. Especially, in the framework of hyperinflation in decolonized Africa. "That was two hundred Francs, nearly six hundred dollars..." (For a cofee and piece cheese on bread. "Prices have dropped twenty-five percent, and interest rates have risen from twelve percent to twenty and even twenty -four percent." (235) Naipul does provides a very ground level vantage point of post-colonial Africa but I'm not sure its fair to presented in this limited light because at times it infers that this is the end result of poor uneducated Affrican leadership. The truth is these problems come as a result of inter-generational disenfranchisement over what we call colonialism but could be called an occupation. Here are some articles on African hyper-inflation:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4665854.stm
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/02/world/africa/02zimbabwe.html
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