African Rural Darkness

About the Book

This book is about problems affecting rural development in the African continent. It is for the purpose of creating awareness and motivation for all world leaders, projects, NGOs, African governments, and organizations to have a better understanding about rural development obstacles deterring project sustainability of many failing projects that were funded by overseas development organizations and local organizations within African rural areas. It also highlights other development strategies to help alleviate poverty for economic independence and protection of human rights and dignity. For more details about the book, see chapter 24.

About the Author

The writer of African Rural Darkness, Mr. Amadou Sambou, is a born citizen of the Republic of the Gambia, a native of Sanyang Village, a rural village located in Kombo South, western division of the Gambia. The word sanyang comes from a Mandingo language meaning “a snake nest.” This village is predominantly dominated by Mandingo tribe. The village of Sanyang is located in the Atlantic coast of the Gambia, which makes it a heaven for tourists; and because of its landscape attraction, it becomes a destination and one of the major residential areas that Europeans and other Western indigenous come to build residential houses as their second home. The writer, Mr. Amadou, has worked with numerous international and national NGOs, projects, and organizations on rural development in the Gambia from 1992 to 2004, where he explored work and research within his native home and some of the African countries. It has driven him to write this book based on his experience concerning problems affecting the poor, particularly the rural Africans. Now Amadou is a resident in Leeds with his noble wife, Maimuna Jobarteh Sambou, and daughter, Nanny Sambou.