{"product_id":"the-new-scramble-geoffrey-zachary-9798281806251","title":"The New Scramble: Africa and the Battle for Tomorrow","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Scramble: Africa and the Battle for Tomorrow\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBook Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the 19th century, the colonial powers carved up Africa at the Berlin Conference, racing for land, labor, and resources. They brought maps and muskets - and left scars that still shape the continent today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow, a new battle is underway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut this time, the weapons are different: debt traps, data mining, corporate takeovers, military bases, surveillance networks, climate exploitation, and cultural domination.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Scramble: Africa and the Battle for Tomorrow\u003c\/b\u003e is a fearless exposé that lays bare the hidden struggles defining Africa's future - a continent standing at the crossroads of liberation or renewed conquest. Drawing on deep investigative research, powerful human stories, classified documents, and real-world scenes from Congo's cobalt mines to Nairobi's tech hubs, this book peels back the lies and illusions sold by governments, corporations, and foreign powers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfrica is not \"rising\" - it is being \u003cb\u003erecolonised\u003c\/b\u003e, one fiber optic cable, one secret loan agreement, one drone base at a time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eResource Wars in the Shadows\u003c\/b\u003e: How Africa's minerals - from cobalt to lithium - fuel the global tech and green revolutions while leaving devastated communities behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eDebt Diplomacy and Financial Colonialism\u003c\/b\u003e: How institutions like the IMF, World Bank, and bilateral lenders from China and the West create new chains of dependency under the guise of \"development.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eThe Digital Siege\u003c\/b\u003e: How Big Tech, foreign surveillance states, and cyber-mercenaries are battling for control of African data, identity, and freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eMilitary Footprints and Proxy Wars\u003c\/b\u003e: How Africa's skies, seas, and deserts are being militarised by a new generation of foreign powers, using security and counterterrorism as cover for influence and extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eClimate Colonialism\u003c\/b\u003e: How Africa is paying the price for a global climate crisis it did not cause - and how land grabs, carbon markets, and \"green deals\" are repeating old patterns of exploitation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- \u003cb\u003eCultural and Narrative Wars\u003c\/b\u003e: How African filmmakers, musicians, writers, and youth activists are fighting to reclaim their stories, their dignity, and their future from outside control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough cinematic storytelling and unflinching investigative journalism, \u003ci\u003eThe New Scramble\u003c\/i\u003e immerses readers in the lives of those living on the frontlines: the teenage miner digging for the cobalt that powers smartphones he'll never own; the activist facing digital surveillance in Nairobi; the farmer losing ancestral land to a foreign biofuel project; the young Pan-Africanist politician daring to imagine a different destiny for his people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt names names, exposes hidden deals, tracks the secret wars - and most importantly, shines a spotlight on the \u003cb\u003erebellions rising quietly but fiercely\u003c\/b\u003e across the continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecause Africa is not a victim. Africa is not a passive battlefield.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a continent of \u003cb\u003evisionaries\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003efighters\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003edreamers\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eleaders\u003c\/b\u003e who are refusing to let history repeat itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe New Scramble: Africa and the Battle for Tomorrow\u003c\/b\u003e is not just a book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a wake-up call.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a reckoning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is the story of the fiercest and most consequential battle of the 21st century - one that will determine not just Africa's fate, but the future of the world itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you think the colonial era is over, think again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe scramble never ended.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt just evolved.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd tomorrow belongs to those who are willing to fight for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Geoffrey Zachary\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798281806251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/28\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.18d","brand":"Geoffrey Zachary","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48066472935679,"sku":"9798281806251","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_747b60a5-471c-4687-98e7-998027eb92d8.jpg?v=1768678650","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-new-scramble-geoffrey-zachary-9798281806251","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}