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1 online resource (xvii, 310 pages) |
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CONTENTS -- CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION TO THE 2009 EDITION: RESISTING THE SCRAMBLE FOR AFRICA -- MARXISM, CLASS, AND RESISTANCE IN AFRICA -- POPULAR PROTEST AND CLASS STRUGGLE IN AFRICA: AN HISTORICAL OVERVIEW -- GLOBALIZATION, IMPERIALISM, AND POPULAR RESISTANCE IN EGYPT, 1880�2000 -- “THERE SHALL BE NO PROPERTY�: TRADE UNIONS, CLASS, AND POLITICS IN NIGERIA -- RESISTING THE STATE: THE TRADE UNION MOVEMENT AND WORKING-CLASS POLITICS IN ZAMBIA, 1964�91 -- SOUTH AFRICA UNDER THE ANC: STILL BOUND TO THE CHAINS OF EXPLOITATION |
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REVOLUTIONARIES, RESISTANCE, AND CRISIS IN ZIMBABWECONCLUSION: “SHINGA MUSHANDI SHINGA! QINA MSEBENZI QINA!� -- FURTHER ACTION -- NOTES -- INDEX |
| Summary |
"Cutting-edge."--Patrick Bond "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. Employing Marxist theory to address the postcolonial problems of several different countries, experts analyze such issues as the renewal of Islamic fundamentalism in Egypt, debt relief, trade union movements, and strike action. Includes interviews with leading African socialists and activists. With contributions from Leo Zeilig, David Seddon, Anne Alexander, Dave Renton, Ahmad Hussein, Jussi Vinnikka, Femi Aborisade, Miles Larmer, Austin Muneku, Peter Dwyer, Trevor Ngwane, Munyaradzi Gwisai, Tafadzwa Choto, and Azwell Banda. Leo Zeilig coordinated the independent media center in Zimbabwe during the presidential elections of 2002 and, prior to this, worked as a lecturer at UniversitE Cheikh Anta Diop in Dakar, Senegal. He then worked for three years as a lecturer and researcher at Brunel University, moving later to the Center of Sociological Research at the University of Johannesburg. He has written on the struggle for democratic change, social movements, and student activism in sub-Saharan Africa. Zeilig is co-author of The Congo: Plunder and Resistance 1880-2005 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Social conflict -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
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Social classes -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
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HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
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Social classes
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Social conflict
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Social conditions
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Africa -- History -- 20th century. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86000611
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Africa -- Social conditions. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001574
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Africa
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zeilig, Leo
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| ISBN |
9781608460564 |
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1608460568 |
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