African Studies in Social Movements and Democracy (Actes-Sud Papiers,) - Hardcover

 
9782869780521: African Studies in Social Movements and Democracy (Actes-Sud Papiers,)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 2869780524 ISBN 13: 9782869780521
Publisher: CODESRIA, 1995

Synopsis

Trade unions, burial societies, students, religious and gender movements, riots and mafias. Not to mention class. The kaleidoscope of African social movements is complex and broad. But their histories have strong common threads - the experience of past oppression and the constant struggle for an identity that will encompass survival. How have they contributed to the nature of African civil society and the formation of democracy? The chapters are a living dialogue on the interpretation of these movements, and a critical and analytical appraisal of the African intellectual heritage itself. The book brings together a vast array of writers and topics from all over Africa - from bread riots in Tunisia, Communist Parties in Sudan, the "Kaduna Mafia" in Nigeria, burial societies in Zimbabwe, and the working class in Algeria.

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Publisher
CODESRIA
Publication date
1995
Language
English
ISBN 10 
2869780524
ISBN 13 
9782869780521
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
636
Editor
Mamdani Mahmood, Wamba-dia-Wamba Ernest

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