Kuhnhardt reviews the history of Africa's international status and employs the rising African Union's own identified "intervention areas"-peace and security; development, integration, and cooperation; shared values; and institution- and capacity-building-to analyze challenges and possibilities.

List of Tables and Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction: From Scramble to Partnership—The Changing Place of Africa in World Affairs
1. The Global Turn and Its Meaning for Africa
2. Past Scrambles for Africa: Lessons Learned
3. A New African Beginning
4. Strategic Pillar: Peace and Security
5. Strategic Pillar: Development, Integration, and Cooperation
6. Strategic Pillar: Shared Values
7. Strategic Pillar: Institution-Building and Capacity-Building
8. Africa Consensus: A New Compact for a Common Age
About the Author
Notes
Bibliography
Index

By linking Africa's current display of economic dynamism . . . to global changes that are underway, Kühnhardt revisits and goes beyond major historical themes and narratives. In the process, he elevates the continent as a global agenda-setting actor.
—Francis A. Kornegay, Institute of Global Dialogue, University of South Africa

By linking Africa's current display of economic dynamism... to global changes that are underway, Kuhnhardt revisits and goes beyond major historical themes and narratives. In the process, he elevates the continent as a global agenda-setting actor. -- Francis A. Kornegay, Institute of Global Dialogue, University of South Africa Africa Consensus is the rare book that treats Africa as the complex region that it is. Kuhnhardt is experienced enough to put that complexity front and center... and his distillations are nuanced enough to successfully describe a continent that is transforming before our very eyes and playing an ever-growing role in all aspects of the global economy and community. Students of Africa have a new place to begin. -- K. Y. Amoako, President and Founder, African Center for Economic Transformation