Zainab Usman is the director of the Africa Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington, D.C., USA. She is a political-economist working at the intersection of institutions, policy and politics in economic development, energy, natural resources and the future of work.
This book ably demonstrates that what is seemingly absurd and contradictory about Nigeria has to be traded carefully with the results an investigative and inquisitive mind may find. In a country of paradoxes only a few can offer us plausible and documented explanations as to why you can be the largest oil producer or economy of an entire continent and fail to convincingly diversify its economy. An exciting read for all those struggling to explain structural transformation slow pace in Africa. * Carlos Lopes, Professor, Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town, South Africa *