Commonwealth whose wealth? From: New African | Date: February 1, 2004| Author: | Copyright International Communications Feb 2004. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

There has been no shortage of news about the Commonwealth in the past two months. But how does the Commonwealth impact or benefit the ordinary African? In this article, Regina Jere-Malanda analyses the historical, political and economic essence of the Commonwealth, and asks: what is in it for the ordinary citizens of member countries?

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