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Author : Julius K. Nyerere
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Reflections on Africa and Its Future written by Julius K. Nyerere and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tony Leon
Publisher : Jonathan Ball Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1776190750
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (761 download)
Download or read book Future Tense written by Tony Leon and published by Jonathan Ball Publishers. This book was released on 2021-03-03 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'From the vantage point of years in active politics, Tony Leon provides a lucid analytical balance sheet of SA Ltd 2021. Eschewing political correctness, Leon tells it as he sees it.' – Judge Dennis Davis 'Anyone who wants to understand South Africa today – a country so beautiful, yet so broken – simply has to read this book.' - Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money In his riveting new book, Future Tense, Tony Leon captures and analyses recent South African history, with a focus on the squandered and corrupted years of the past decade. With unique access and penetrating insight, Leon presents a portrait of today's South Africa and prospects for its future,based on his political involvement over thirty years with the key power players: Cyril Ramaphosa, Jacob Zuma, Thabo Mbeki, Nelson Mandela and FW de Klerk. His close-up and personal view of these presidents and their history-making, and many encounters in the wider world, adds vivid colour of a country and planet in upheaval. Written during the first coronavirus lockdown, Future Tense examines the surge of the disease and the response, both of which have crashed the economy and its future prospects. As the founding leader of the Democratic Alliance, Leon also provides an insider view for the first time of the power struggles within that party, which saw the exit of its first black leader in 2019. There is every reason to fear for the future of South Africa but, as Leon argues, 'the hope for a better country remains an improbable, but not an impossible, dream'.
Author : Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030461157
Total Pages : 330 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Reflections on African Cities in Transition written by Purshottama Sivanarain Reddy and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume describes African cities in transition, and the economic, socio-political, and environmental challenges resulting from rapid post-colonial urbanization. As the African continent continues to transition from urban configurations inherited from colonial influences and history, it faces issues such as urban slum expansion, increased demands for energy and clean water, lack of adequate public transportation, high levels of inequality among different socio-economic population strata, and inadequate urban governance, planning, and policies. African cities in transition need to reconsider current policies and developmental trajectories to facilitate and sustain economic growth and Africa’s strategic repositioning in the world. Written by an international team of scholars and practitioners, this volume uses case studies to focus on key issues and developmental challenges in selected African cities. Topics include but are not limited to, smart cities, changing notions of democracy, the city’s role in attaining the SDGs, local governance, alternative models for governance and management, corruption, urbanisation and future cities.
Author : Hiroyuki Hino
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781108701136
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (11 download)
Download or read book From Divided Pasts to Cohesive Futures written by Hiroyuki Hino and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Today, the cohesion of multi-ethnic societies is at risk across the globe. African countries have been facing this challenge in the sixty years since independence, They continue to do so. Historical inequalities and social division undermine cohesion and sow seeds of instability. Can Africa hope to build a future where ethnic and other groups can live at peace with each other? This book rests on the assumption that, with difficulty, they can. It draws together historians, economists and political scientists, each an authority on Africa, to look back at the continent's divided histories, to understand where Africans stand now, and to reflect on how they might now work towards a more trusting society. We bring conceptual clarity to bear on the often fuzzy processes and contexts. Our case studies, statistical expositions, theoretical reflections, and conceptual definitions apply beyond Africa to more developed countries, including in Europe and North America"--Provided by publisher.
Author : Paulin J. Hountondji
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0896802256
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (968 download)
Download or read book The Struggle for Meaning written by Paulin J. Hountondji and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "While the book's immediate concern is with Africa, the theoretical nature of its analyses and its bearing on postmodern theories of the "Other" will make this translation of great interest to many disciplines especially ethnic gender and multicultural studies."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Salim Ahmed Salim
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book OAU at 30 written by Salim Ahmed Salim and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Innocent Asouzu
Publisher : LIT Verlag Münster
ISBN 13 : 9783825885786
Total Pages : 540 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (857 download)
Download or read book The Method and Principles of Complementary Reflection in and Beyond African Philosophy written by Innocent Asouzu and published by LIT Verlag Münster. This book was released on 2005 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Questions relating to types of philosophical trends within African philosophy can be very decisive for any idea of African philosophy. In this strikingly novel approach to African Philosophy, the author explores a complementary philosophical trend that goes back to those he calls anonymous traditional African philosophers. Based on their thoughts, he articulates a distinctive variant of the principles, method and imperative of complementarity (Ibu anyi danda) around which he builds his system. He anchors his reflection on such ambient concepts as the joy of being (jide k' iji), fragmentation, wholeness, and future reference.
Author : P. Thandika Mkandawire
Publisher : IDRC
ISBN 13 : 155250204X
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (525 download)
Download or read book Our Continent, Our Future written by P. Thandika Mkandawire and published by IDRC. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our Continent, Our Future presents the emerging African perspective on this complex issue. The authors use as background their own extensive experience and a collection of 30 individual studies, 25 of which were from African economists, to summarize this African perspective and articulate a path for the future. They underscore the need to be sensitive to each country's unique history and current condition. They argue for a broader policy agenda and for a much more active role for the state within what is largely a market economy. Finally, they stress that Africa must, and can, compete in an increasingly globalized world and, perhaps most importantly, that Africans must assume the leading role in defining the continent's development agenda.
Author : Cynthia Kros
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 1928502695
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (285 download)
Download or read book Reframing Africa? written by Cynthia Kros and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2022-01-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes readers on a series of stimulating intellectual journeys from the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era to explore notions of modernity in the production and reception of the African moving image and of African archival practices. Ideas are presented from multiple historical and contemporary perspectives, while inviting new voices to participate in discussions about the future of the African moving image. Reframing Africa? makes a plea for the recognition, preservation and repatriation of the African moving image archive, advancing ideas about how it speaks to contemporary Africans, possessed of the power to elucidate their lived experiences and to reorientate perceptions of the past, present and future. On the basis of this wide-ranging appreciation of the archive, the book charts a way forward for African-inflected film studies as well as other programmes in the humanities and social sciences. Reframing Africa? will appeal to scholars, academics and practitioners across the continent and beyond
Author : Reece Auguiste
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781928502678
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (26 download)
Download or read book Reframing Africa? Reflections on Modernity and the Moving Image written by Reece Auguiste and published by . This book was released on 2023-01-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book takes readers on a series of stimulating intellectual journeys from the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era to explore notions of modernity in the production and reception of the African moving image and of African archival practices. Ideas are presented from multiple historical and contemporary perspectives, while inviting new voices to participate in discussions about the future of the African moving image. Reframing Africa? makes a plea for the recognition, preservation and repatriation of the African moving image archive, advancing ideas about how it speaks to contemporary Africans, possessed of the power to elucidate their lived experiences and to reorientate perceptions of the past, present and future. On the basis of this wide-ranging appreciation of the archive, the book charts a way forward for African-inflected film studies as well as other programmes in the humanities and social sciences.
Author : Sheree Renée Thomas
Publisher : Titan Books (US, CA)
ISBN 13 : 1789095670
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Black Panther: Tales of Wakanda written by Sheree Renée Thomas and published by Titan Books (US, CA). This book was released on 2021-03-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A ground-breaking anthology celebrating Marvel’s beloved Black Panther and his home of Wakanda. Eighteen short stories penned by an all-star cast of authors such as Sheree Renée Thomas and Nikki Giovanni. T’Challa faces the gods of his parents. Vampires stalk Shuri and a Dora Milaje in voodoo-laced New Orleans. Erik Killmonger grapples with racism, Russian spies, and his own origins. Eighteen brand-new tales of Wakanda, its people, and its legacy. The first mainstream superhero of African descent, the Black Panther has attracted readers of all races and colors who see in the King of Wakanda reflections of themselves. Storytellers from across the African Diaspora—some already literary legends, others who are rising stars—have created for this collection original works inspired by the world of the Panther and its inhabitants. With guest stars including Storm, Monica Rambeau, Namor, and Jericho Drumm, these are stories of yesterday and today, of science and magic, of faith and love. These are the tales of a king and his country. These are the legends whispered in the jungle, myths of the unconquered men and women and the land they love. These are the Tales of Wakanda. Featuring stories by Linda D. Addison, Maurice Broaddus, Christopher Chambers, Milton J. Davis, Tananarive Due, Nikki Giovanni, Harlan James, Danian Jerry, Kyoko M., L.L. McKinney, Temi Oh, Suyi Davies Okungbowa, Glenn Parris, Alex Simmons, Sheree Renée Thomas, Cadwell Turnbull and Troy L. Wiggins.
Author : Gbemisola Adeoti
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 2869786727
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (697 download)
Download or read book African Literature and the Future written by Gbemisola Adeoti and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2015-12-01 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many African countries achieved independence from their colonisers over five decades ago, but the people and the continent largely remain mere spectators in the arena of their own dance. The post-independence states are supposed to be sovereign, but the levers of economic and political powers still reside in the donor states. Not in many fora is the complex reality that defines Africa more trenchantly articulated than in imaginative literature produced about and on the continent. This is the crux of the essays collected in African Literature and the Future. The book reflects on Africas past and present, addressing anxieties about the future through the epistemological lens of literature. The contributors peep ahead from a backward glance. They dissect the trend and tenor of politics and their impact on the socio-cultural and economic development of the continent as portrayed in imaginative writings over the years. One salient feature of African literature is the close affinity between art and politics in its polemics. This is well established in all the six essays in the book as the authors stress the interconnections between literature and society in their textual analyses. On the whole, there is an overwhelming feeling of angst and pessimism, but the authors perceive a glimmer of hope despite daunting odds, under different conditions. Thus, they depict the plausible fate of Africa in the twenty-first century, as informed by its ancient and recent past, gleaned from primary texts.
Author : Christian Cole
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 20 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (852 download)
Download or read book Reflections on the Zulu War written by Christian Cole and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Campbell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538197812
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)
Download or read book Nigeria and the Nation-State written by John Campbell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nigeria, despite being the African country of greatest strategic importance to the U.S., remains poorly understood. John Campbell explains why Nigeria is so important to understand in a world of jihadi extremism, corruption, oil conflict, and communal violence. The revised edition provides updates through the recent presidential election.
Author : Bachir Diagne
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 286978743X
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (697 download)
Download or read book The Ink of the Scholars written by Bachir Diagne and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2016-12-29 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What are the issues discussed today by African philosophers? Four important topics are identified here as important objects of philosophical reflection on the African continent. One is the question of ontology in relation to African religions and aesthetics. Another is the question of time and, in particular, of prospective thinking and development. A third issue is the task of reconstructing the intellectual history of the continent through the examination of the question of orality but also by taking into account the often neglected tradition of written erudition in Islamic centres of learning. Timbuktu is certainly the most important and most famous of such intellectual centres. The fourth question concerns political philosophy: the concept of African socialisms is revisited and the march that led to the adoption of the African Charter of Human and Peoples Rights is examined. All these important issues are also fundamental to understanding the question of African languages and translation.
Author : Umarr Abu-Deen
Publisher : Spines
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (938 download)
Download or read book Resurgence of Coups in Africa, Reflections from the Diaspora written by Umarr Abu-Deen and published by Spines. This book was released on 2024-06-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Resurgence of Coups in Africa: Reflections from the Diaspora" is a powerful narrative that delves deep into the turbulent political landscape of Africa through the eyes of Umarr Abu-Deen, a passionate activist and former Principal Policy Analyst in Sierra Leone's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Having sought asylum in the United States, Abu-Deen combines his firsthand experiences and profound insights to craft a compelling chronicle that speaks to the heart of Africa's ongoing struggles and dreams. In this evocative and poetic narrative, Abu-Deen reflects on the disheartening cycles of coups that have plagued the continent, unraveling the intricate dynamics that fuel political instability. His journey as a political asylee serves as a poignant backdrop for his critiques, disappointments, and aspirations for an Africa poised for an economic renaissance. Drawing on his tenure as Senior Research Associate in the Office of the President and his relentless push for reforms, he offers a unique perspective that is both deeply personal and analytically rigorous. Anatomy of Coups in Africa is more than a recount of historical events; it is a call to action for collective engagement and a brighter future. It challenges readers to envision a continent rising from its adversities through unity, reform, and economic rejuvenation. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in the complexities of African politics, the impact of coups on the socio-economic fabric of nations, and the indomitable spirit of those who continue to fight for justice and progress from afar. Abu-Deen's reflections will inspire and resonate with activists, scholars, and anyone invested in the future of Africa.
Author : David Thuku
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789914991574
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Just Being written by David Thuku and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
