Assigned this book to read by one of the COLs in the US Army I work for since we just picked up the Civil Affairs AFRICOM theater. Maybe it's the fact that it's more difficult to appreciate books your assigned. The book is heavy on platitudes you would expect on a sign or grade school classroom - "we can do it," "we are the leaders of the future."

She also paints a broad analysis of Africa across the whole continent, but Africa is a collection of many countries, tribes and regions and it's difficult to diagnose as broadly and confidently as she does throughout the book.

The author is now deceased, and the book is already a little dated, but I would also recommend reading Factfullness before repeating the data from this book.