A Flawed Freedom: Rethinking Southern African Liberation - Hardcover

Saul, John S.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0745334806 ISBN 13: 9780745334806

Publisher: Pluto Press, 2014

Synopsis

Twenty years on from the fall of apartheid in South Africa, veteran analyst and activist John S. Saul examines the liberation struggle, placing it in a regional and global context and looking at how the initial optimism and hope has given way to a sense of crisis following soaring inequality levels and the massacre of workers at Marikana.

With chapters on South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique, Saul examines the reality of southern Africa's post-'liberation' plight, drawing on the insights of Frantz Fanon as well as Amilcar Cabral and assessing claims that a new 'precariat' has emerged.

Saul examines the ongoing 'rebellion of the poor', including the recent Marikana massacre, that have shaken the region and may signal the possibility of a new and more hopeful future.

About this title

About the Author

John S. Saul (1938-2023) was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the author of A Flawed Freedom: Rethinking Southern African Liberation (Pluto, 2014). He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 by the Canadian Association of African Studies for his writing and lecturing on South Africa.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pluto Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0745334806
• ISBN 13: 9780745334806
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 208