Since well before Henry Morgan Stanley's fabled encounter with David Livingstone on the shore on Lake Tanganyika in the late 19th century and his subsequent collaboration with King Leopold of Belgium in looting the country of its mineral wealth, the Congo's history has been one of collaboration by a minority with, and struggle by the majority against, Western intervention. Before the colonial period, there were military struggles against annexation. During Belgian rule, charismatic religious figures emerged, promising an end to white domination; copper miners struck for higher wages; and...
Since well before Henry Morgan Stanley's fabled encounter with David Livingstone on the shore on Lake Tanganyika in the late 19th century and his subs...
This fascinating book fills a vacuum that has weakened the believers in Marxist resistance in Africa. Joseph Iranola Akinlaja, general secretary of the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Nigeria
An] excellent collection. "Socialist Review"
Read this for inspiration, for the sense that we are part of a world movement. "Socialist Worker "(London)
Grab this book. Highly recommended. Tokumbo Oke, "Bookmarks"
This collection of essays and interviews studies class struggle and social empowerment on the African continent.
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Cutting-edge. Patrick Bond
This fascinating book fills a vacuum that has weakened the believers in Marxist resistance in Africa. Joseph Iranola...
Three leading Africa scholars investigate the social forces driving the democratic transformation of postcolonial states across southern Africa. Extensive research and interviews with civil society organizers in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, and Swaziland inform this analysis of the challenges faced by non-governmental organizations in relating both to the attendant inequality of globalization and to grassroots struggles for social justice.
Peter Dwyer is a tutor in economics at Ruskin College in Oxford.
Leo Zeilig Lecturer at the Institute of...
Three leading Africa scholars investigate the social forces driving the democratic transformation of postcolonial states across southern Africa...
Patrice Lumumba, the democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, and an icon of liberation for the country and the continent, was assassinated with Belgian assistance and approval in 1961; U.S. documents released in 2011 reveal that the CIA, on a directive from President Eisenhower, also made plans to poison him. This examination traces the events leading up to Lumumba's assassination while also examining the importance of the role he played as a short but realistic ray of hope for true African democracy in the current context of an African renaissance and amid questions of...
Patrice Lumumba, the democratically elected prime minister of the Congo, and an icon of liberation for the country and the continent, was assassinated...
A leading light of the anti-colonial revolts of the 1960s and '70s, Frantz Fanon also prophetically explored the dangers of post-colonial power. Voices of Liberation: Frantz Fanon is a rich exploration of Fanon's life and times, combining interviews with those who fought alongside him with selections from his work. Thisbook givesand giving new insight into the extraordinary life and ideas of one of the twentieth century's most important revolutionaries.
Leo Zeilig is a lecturer at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London; Senior Visiting Fellow, South...
A leading light of the anti-colonial revolts of the 1960s and '70s, Frantz Fanon also prophetically explored the dangers of post-colonial power.
Thomas Sankara's legacy, unclear as it may be, still lives and he remains immensely popular. Voices of Liberation: Thomas Sankara provides a comprehensive timeline covering Sankara's life and the major events in the history of the continent and region.
Thomas Sankara's legacy, unclear as it may be, still lives and he remains immensely popular. Voices of Liberation: Thomas Sankara provides a comprehen...
