This article examines the African crisis from a multidimensional point of view. It starts by looking at the various definitions and presentation of the problem by economists, sociologists, political scientists as well as the IMF and World Bank. It argues that the African crisis has to be seen in terms of loss of control by the leading political actors (states) over the socioeconomic, political as well as cultural forces that impact upon the process of development. It posits also that there is no automatic link between Africa's economic decline with natural causes, the connection is mediated by the political and economic arrangements obtaining in Africa. In that regard Africa suffers from a plethora of crises notably the food crisis, the energy crisis, the balance of trade crisis, the debt crisis, and the crisis of economic management. There are also ecological as well as political crises. The paper suggests therefore that it is impossible to prescribe a single solution to alleviate Africa's decline. What Africa need is a comprehensive, multifaceted and frontal strategy to attack the ills that afflict its people.
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