Africa's century

Former residents evicted from a crowded Lagos shantytown stand on a flotilla of boats during a demonstration against their forced eviction on May 15, 2018. Nigeria’s booming population recently led it to overtake India to become the country with the largest number of absolutely poor citizens. STEFAN HEUNIS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES/Foreign Policy
Analysis

It’s Africa’s century—for better or worse

Asia gets the attention, but the real economic revolution is the inevitable growth of an overlooked continent