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Book Synopsis From National Liberation to Democratic Renaissance in Southern Africa by : Cheryl Hendricks
Download or read book From National Liberation to Democratic Renaissance in Southern Africa written by Cheryl Hendricks and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2005 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bringing together an interdisciplinary team of scholars, this collection of essays intends to enrich and move our understanding of southern African societies, and to contribute to the policies and scholarship of the region, in a pan-African context. The authors aim to vigorously re-examine the complex processes of national liberation and the challenges of post-liberation identity politics, democratisation and social transformation. They further engage with political and cultural economies, in order to challenge and deconstruct dominant discourses in southern African studies and historiography. Taken collectively, the chapters constitute critical reflections on the southern African component of the pan-African ideal, the ongoing quest for a democratic renaissance and greater regional cooperation and integration.
Book Synopsis FROM NATIONAL LIBERATION TO DEMOCRATIC RENAISSANCE - IN SOUTHERN AFRICA - Edited by Cheryl Hendricks & Lwazi Lushaba by :
Download or read book FROM NATIONAL LIBERATION TO DEMOCRATIC RENAISSANCE - IN SOUTHERN AFRICA - Edited by Cheryl Hendricks & Lwazi Lushaba written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The demographic outcomes associated with widespread labour migration and the racially-based systems of labour control established in the colonial mines and plantations had consequences not only for the organisation of state power and rural society but also for that of the family and citizenship. [...] It was to play a major role in delivering liberation first to the former Portuguese colonies of Angola and Mozambique and then to Zimbabwe and Namibia, and, finally, to South Africa, with the inauguration of Nelson Mandela in 1994 as the first president to be elected by South Africans of all races and the first person from among the black majority to rule the country. [...] Not only were the key leaders of the sub-region active participants in the pan-African meetings convened to discuss the future of the continent and the black race from 1945 onwards; the first set of African countries to attain their independence and all the others that subsequently joined them were to offer solidarity and material support to the Southern Africa liberation project. [...] The book should thus be seen as part of an ongoing effort by scholars in the region to re-visit the theories, historiographies and experiences of national liberation; and the various ideological currents and contestations which underpinned the strug- gle for liberation in the period before and after the publication of the Free- dom Charter, including the Black Consciousness Movement. [...] Today much research is being devoted to the key actors and factors in the Southern Afri- can liberation project; the labour processes that defined the colonial labour economy and the political policies and responses which they elicited; the dy- namics of post-liberation statecraft, including the pursuit of truth and recon- ciliation, affirmative action, black economic empowerment, and various poli.
Book Synopsis Post-colonial struggles for a democratic Southern Africa by : Carolyn Bassett
Download or read book Post-colonial struggles for a democratic Southern Africa written by Carolyn Bassett and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National liberation, one of the grand narratives of the twentieth century, has left a weighty legacy of unfulfilled dreams. This book explores the ongoing struggle for legitimate, accountable political leaders in postcolonial Southern Africa, focussing on dilemmas arising when ex-liberation movements form the governments. While the spread of multi-party democracy to most countries in the region is to be celebrated, democratic practice often has been superficial - a limited, elitist politics that relies on the symbols of the liberation struggle to legitimate de facto one-party rule and authoritarian practices. Using country cases from Tanzania, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Zambia, the collection explores three subthemes relevant to postcolonial governance in Southern Africa: how the struggle for liberation shapes the character of political transformation, the nature of rule in one-party dominant states headed by former liberation movements, and the processes of governance and resistance in post-liberation contexts. This book was published as a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary African Studies.
Book Synopsis Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements by : Jocelyn Alexander
Download or read book Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements written by Jocelyn Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-05-21 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements offers new perspectives on southern Africa’s wars of national liberation, drawing on extensive oral historical and archival research. Assuming neither the primacy of nationalist loyalties as they exist today nor any single path to liberation, the book unpicks any notion of a straightforward imposition of Cold War ideologies or strategic interests on liberation wars. This approach adds new dimensions to the rich literatures on the Global Cold War and on solidarity movements. The contributors trace the ways that ideas and practices were made, adopted, and circulated through time and space through a focus on African soldiers, politicians and diplomats. The book also asks what motivated the men and women who crossed borders to join liberation movements, how Cold War influences were acted upon, interpreted and used, and why certain moments, venues and relations took on exaggerated importance. The connections among liberation movements, between them and their hosts, and across an extraordinarily diverse set of external actors reveal surprising exchanges and lasting legacies that have too often been obscured by the assertion of monolithic national histories. Tracing an extraordinarily diverse set of interactions and exchanges, Transnational Histories of Southern Africa’s Liberation Movements will be of great interest to scholars of Southern Africa, Transnational History, the Cold War and African Politics. The chapters were originally published as a special issue of the Journal of Southern African Studies.
Book Synopsis CODESRIA Southern Africa Sub-regional Conference by :
Download or read book CODESRIA Southern Africa Sub-regional Conference written by and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CODESRIA Southern Africa Sub-regional Conference: 'Southern Africa: From National Liberation to Democratic Renaissance' 'REVISITING THE HISTORIOGRAPHIES OF NATIONAL LIBERATION' Swaziland and South Africa since 1994: Reflections on Aspects of Post-Liberation Swazi Historiography Balam Nyeko University of Swaziland In a 1997 article on Swazi historiography, attention was drawn to the fact that the w. [...] It needed to move away from the narrowly 'Swazi way' and adopt a broader and more 'people-oriented' as well as a regional approach in order to portray the place of Swaziland in the wider world more fully1. [...] This was particularly urgent in view of the new order in the region following the advent of the first democratically elected government in South Africa. [...] This paper considers the development of the study of Swazi history in the wake of the changes that have taken place in South Africa since 1994. [...] While reviewing the overall contribution of historians of Swaziland generally in this period, its main focus will be on the way in which the work has approached the theme of Swaziland's political, social and economic relations with South Africa, with special reference to Swaziland's role in the liberation struggle of the period from the 1970s to the 1990s.
Book Synopsis The Next Liberation Struggle by : John S. Saul
Download or read book The Next Liberation Struggle written by John S. Saul and published by Merlin Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through some thirty years, John Saul has written about wars for the liberation of Southern Africa, and has worked with movements supporting liberation struggles. This collection of essays brings together long perspectives on regional changes and developments which culminated in the independence of Zimbabwe and Namibia, and the overthrow of Apartheid. Tony Blair has launched an Africa initiative that seeks to open the continent to business. Saul provides a critical assessment of what has, and hasn't, been achieved in the region. Is Africa in a Capitalist Cul-de-sac? Would a new left find a better Alternative?
Book Synopsis Liberation in Southern Africa by : Tor Sellström
Download or read book Liberation in Southern Africa written by Tor Sellström and published by Nordic Africa Institute. This book was released on 2002 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The interviews in this book were conducted for the Nordic Africa Institute’s research project ‘National Liberation in Southern Africa—The role of the Nordic countries’. Around 80 representatives of the Southern African liberation movements, as well as Swedish and other opinion makers, administrators and politicians, reflect on the Nordic support to these struggles. Prominent contemporary leaders—among them Joaquim Chissano from Mozambique, Kenneth Kaunda from Zambia and Thabo Mbeki from South Africa—give their views on a relationship that largely developed outside the public arena and of which there is scant evidence in open sources. The book is a reference source to a unique North-South relationship in the Cold War period.
Book Synopsis The Road to Democracy in South Africa by : South African Democracy Education Trust
Download or read book The Road to Democracy in South Africa written by South African Democracy Education Trust and published by Unisa Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third volume in the series examines the role of anti-apartheid movements around the world and their success in both creating awareness of the liberation struggle in South Africa, and in contributing to the downfall of the apartheid government. This volume, in two parts, brings together analysis written by activist scholars with deep roots in the movements and organisations they are writing about. This first part focuses on International Solidarity with the liberation struggle. It covers the contribution of various international organisations, governments and their peoples, and solidarity organisations, to the liberation struggle in South Africa. In particular, the roles of nine western European countries are discussed: West Germany; Belgium; Austria; France; The Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; Greece and Switzerland. The second part focuses on African solidarity, with an emphasis on the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and its Liberation Committee; various countries in the southern African region, including the role that Tanzania and Zambia played; as well as countries in west, east and North Africa. This is a major resource for historians, scholars and anyone interested in the history of South Africa, and will be valued by future generations for its sensitive collection of highly significant historical material.
Book Synopsis The National Liberation Struggle in South Africa by : Gregory F. Houston
Download or read book The National Liberation Struggle in South Africa written by Gregory F. Houston and published by Brookfield Vermont. This book was released on 1999 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book draws a link between the formation of the UDF and revolutionary developments thereafter to theories of revolutionary strategy and to the development of the revolutionary strategy of the ANC.
Book Synopsis The Struggle for Liberation in South Africa by : Govan Mbeki
Download or read book The Struggle for Liberation in South Africa written by Govan Mbeki and published by David Philip Publishers. This book was released on 1992 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970-1980 by : South African Democracy Education Trust
Download or read book The Road to Democracy in South Africa: 1970-1980 written by South African Democracy Education Trust and published by Unisa Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 1006 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: v. 3: The third volume in the series examines the role of anti-apartheid movements around the world. The global anti-apartheid movement was very successful in creating awareness of the liberation struggle in South Africa, and in contributing to the downfall of the apartheid government. This volume, in 2 parts, brings together analyses which in the main are written by activist scholars with deep roots in the movements and organizations they are writing about.
Book Synopsis The National Liberation Struggle in South Africa by : Gregory F. Houston
Download or read book The National Liberation Struggle in South Africa written by Gregory F. Houston and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-05-23 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1999, this volume follows the interactions between the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the African National Congress (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), which had adopted more revolutionary strategies after their banning in 1960, over the period 1983-87. Only a few studies of the UDF have aimed to link revolutionary developments in 1980s South Africa with theories of revolutionary strategy and tactics. This volume focuses on the relation between revolutionary theory, praxis and the formation, aims, policies and practices of the UDF. Houston argues that the formulation of the UDF met certain strategic and tactical requirement of Lenin and Gramsci’s theories of revolutionary strategy, repositioning the UDF as becoming a Leninist vanguard party, with its affiliate membership operating largely underground. The volume features 6 detailed maps of the Cape Town area, the Republic of South Africa in the 1980s, the Johannesburg area, the Durban area, the Pretoria area and the Northern Transvaal.
Book Synopsis On Building a Social Movement by : John Saul
Download or read book On Building a Social Movement written by John Saul and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In his characteristically engaging conversational style, combining intimate first-hand knowledge and lightly-worn scholarship with strong opinions, John Saul takes the reader vividly into the heart of the Canadian and American movements that supported the anti-apartheid and liberation struggles in southern Africa." -- Colin Leys, co-editor, The Socialist Register "Solidarity is the soul of the workers' movement. This is a book about one of history's greatest international solidarity movements: the anti-apartheid movement and that in support of the southern African liberation struggles more generally. It provides an inspiring and incisive account that raises sharply the question of what could have been had our revolution not lost its way by succumbing to neo-liberalism's false hopes and dead-end solutions." -- Trevor Ngwane, veteran South African activist and writer "John Saul offers far more than a comprehensive analysis of the historical development of Southern African solidarity movements in North America. He issues a call for an emancipatory politics and practice that locates battles for liberation in a larger context and in relationship to each other. He also challenges us to demystify the national liberation movements many of us worshiped in order to see not only their strengths and weaknesses, but in order to understand the forces that have ground many of them to a halt. What an outstanding piece of writing!" -- Bill Fletcher, Jr., former President of TransAfrica Forum; host of The Global African on Telesur-English.
Book Synopsis Strategic Problems in South Africa's Liberation Struggle by : Ben Turok
Download or read book Strategic Problems in South Africa's Liberation Struggle written by Ben Turok and published by Richmond, B.C. : LSM Information Center. This book was released on 1974 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Until We Have Won Our Liberty by : Evan Lieberman
Download or read book Until We Have Won Our Liberty written by Evan Lieberman and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2022-06-28 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compelling account of South Africa’s post-Apartheid democracy At a time when many democracies are under strain around the world, Until We Have Won Our Liberty shines new light on the signal achievements of one of the contemporary era’s most closely watched transitions away from minority rule. South Africa’s democratic development has been messy, fiercely contested, and sometimes violent. But as Evan Lieberman argues, it has also offered a voice to the voiceless, unprecedented levels of government accountability, and tangible improvements in quality of life. Lieberman opens with a first-hand account of the hard-fought 2019 national election, and how it played out in Mogale City, a post-Apartheid municipality created from Black African townships and White Afrikaner suburbs. From this launching point, he examines the complexities of South Africa’s multiracial society and the unprecedented democratic experiment that began with the election of Nelson Mandela in 1994. While acknowledging the enormous challenges many South Africans continue to face—including unemployment, inequality, and discrimination—Lieberman draws on the country’s history and the experience of comparable countries to demonstrate that elected Black-led governments have, without resorting to political extremism, improved the lives of millions. In the context of open and competitive politics, citizens have gained access to housing, basic services, and dignified treatment to a greater extent than during any prior period. Countering much of the conventional wisdom about contemporary South Africa, Until We Have Won Our Liberty offers hope for the enduring impact of democratic ideals.
Book Synopsis All Shades of Truth by : Catherine Anderson
Download or read book All Shades of Truth written by Catherine Anderson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Southern Africa written by Basil Davidson and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 1976 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on the politics of African nationalism and the forces for social change in Southern Africa - recounts the access to independence of Angola and Mozambique, and discusses the future prospects of the White African governments of South Africa R and rhodesia (Zimbabwe). References and statistical tables.
