This was one of the best audiobooks I’ve ever purchased. The author is absolutely brilliant.

I highly recommend this book- everyone should read it! The author’s narration is absolutely delightful, and made it that much more enjoyable.

As someone with a former “white savior” complex who has worked to reform his views through travel to Africa, this book is a must read. Yes, Africa has beauty, it has capacity, it has potential. Yes, the continent experiences issues. Yes, a lot of problems exist that were created from inside and outside the continent. But most importantly, Africa can be empowered by Africans and share their insights with the world, only making all of humanity better. Dipo Faloyin accurately and succinctly lays out all of the wonderful realities of the continent and highlights the immense diversity, skills, natural resources, and potential throughout the continent, yet doesn’t shy away from the issues that the continent has and is continuing to struggle through. This is a must read.

Very good read. A history lesson for me on some info that I had not discovered. Especially the horrible things that Europe countries did in Africa and to the African people.

A fascinating deep dive into a continent that is forgotten too many times, and how "the West" has shaped it and continues to do so.

I knew Africa was not a country and I study its geography but still consider myself pretty ignorant of the economies, cultures, histories, literary heritage, and cinema of most African countries. I noticed many of the negative reviews seem to be from readers deeply versed in histories and/or cultures of one or more African countries. Maybe their criticism is valid. I don’t know. I wasn’t expecting deep, penetrating analysis from a 300-page book about a continent. As a fairly ignorant reader I thought this was a compelling and informative primer on understanding the vast continent and its complexity.

The book was interesting and covered a topic I knew very little about. The author was doing a good job presenting his view but then launched an insulting attack on the Trump Presidency and stated the standard grievances of the left including some standard misrepresentations. President Trump and US politics had nothing to do with the topic of the book, which is about Africa. It seemed that the Author felt he needed to include it to earn some ideological stamp of approval. Spoiled his credibility for me. He also at points seemed like a graduate student's paper where although he had made his case and he felt the need to repeat his argument about young people being the future over and over. Otherwise a very interesting account of post colonial African history and culture with some interesting stories to support the Author's view.