ThemajorityofAfricancountrieswontheirpoliticalindependenceinthe1960s.Sincethen,theyhavebeenmakingrelentlesseffortstodeveloptheireconomiesandraisetheirpeople’slivingstandards,andhaveachievedsuccessesinvaryingde-grees.ReviewingAfricaneconomicdevelopmentinthelastfourdecades,however,