Lost Decades: Postindependence Performance in Latin America and Africa
比较拉丁美洲和非洲独立后的历史，发现两者都经历了约半个世纪的政治动荡、暴力冲突和经济停滞，暗示非洲可能正走出后帝国崩溃期，进入相对稳定和增长阶段。
Africa and Latin America secured independence from European colonial rule a century and half apart: most of Latin America by the 1820s and most of Africa by 1960. Despite the distance in time and space, they share important similarities. In each case independence was followed by political instability, violent conflict, and economic stagnation lasting for about a half-century. The parallels suggest that Africa might be exiting from a period of postimperial collapse and entering one of relative political stability and economic growth, as did Latin America almost two centuries ago.