This book is an ethnography of new colonialism: the informal, ignorable, subtle and seemingly benevolent ways through which new colonialism manifests: Unlike colonialism of the past, this new manifestation - running riot after the collapse of USSR - has been tactfully depoliticised Institutions such as the WB, IMF, WWF, banks, mining giants, telecoms, and many others have surrounded the African continent. Chanting free markets and democracy, they have ruined entire populations - and will resort to deadly violence in the name of democracy.