African Citizenship Aspirations: As Time Goes by or How Far Till Banjul

ISBN-13: 9781138577978 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 108 str.

Catarina Antunes Gomes; Cesaltina Abreu

Opis

Focusing on different realities, such as Angola, Mozambique and the Great Lakes Region, this collective work aims to critically reflect upon African contemporary citizenship aspirations and practices. The chapters originally published as a special issue in Citizenship Studies.

Spis treści

1. As time goes by or how far till Banjul: African citizenship aspirations Catarina Antunes Gomes and Cesaltina Abreu  2. From citizenship to social liberalism or beyond? Some theoretical and historical landmarks José Maurício Domingues  3. ‘Queremos ser cidadãos’: citizenship in Mozambique from Frelimo to Frelimo Anna Maria Gentili 4. Power, conflict, and citizenship: Mozambique’s contemporary struggles Elísio Macamo  5. Have we failed Christianity? Or how violence in the Great Lakes region challenges Christianity and the nation state Kasereka Kavwahirehi  6. Cement citizens: housing, demolition and political belonging in Luanda, Angola Claudia Gastrow  7. On Angola as a battlefield Jonuel Gonçalves

O autorze

Catarina Antunes Gomes, an anthropologist and PhD in Sociology, is co-coordinator of the Social Sciences and Humanities Laboratory at the Catholic University of Angola, Luanda, Angola. Cesaltina Abreu, an agronomist and PhD in Sociology, is co-coordinator of the Social Sciences and Humanities Laboratory at the Catholic University of Angola, Luanda, Angola.