The making of the Africa-nation : Pan-Africanism and the African renaissance / editor, Mammo Muchie.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Muchie, Mammo.

J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pan-Africanism.

Nationalism--Africa.

Nationalism.

Africa.

Physical Description:

398 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Adonis & Abbey, 2003.

Summary:

The need for unity has been a recurring theme in Africa's irredentist struggles against the forces of fragmentation and general underdevelopment. A truly united Africa however cannot be made without a prior making of the African. Currently, a shared sense of being African is at best still in a state of flux. The idea of Africa itself has also not been satisfactorily settled. With these in mind, discussions of any unity project in Africa must necessarily start with posing and answering some fundamental questions: Who is uniting? What for? And how should the unity proceed?

With gusto and candour, the contributors discuss the various issues, challenges and prospects of Africa's unity projects in ways that have, perhaps, not been previously articulated in African socio-political thoughts. The 17 contributors - all very senior academics, journalists and researchers from different parts of the world, including Arabia, China, America, Britain, France, Scandinavia and Continental and Diaspora Africa, bring with them different traditions, perspectives and narrative styles in their contributions. While generally agreeing that Africa has the resources to rise above its current challenges, most go further to stress that with a resurgent imperialism, there is an urgent need to bring back the African national project through the tradic notions of Africa-Nation, Pan-Africanism and African Renaissance. These, they see as necessary, both as narratives for development and as counter strategies for the current drive towards hegemony and re-colonisation.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Has the Pan-African hour come? / Mammo Muchie 2

Part II Conceptual and Theorectical Issues

Chapter 2 The Wish to Unite: The Historical and Political Context of the Pan-African Movement / Kwesi Kwaa Prah 13

Chapter 3 Re-framing Pan-Africanism / Mammo Muchie 40

Chapter 4 The New Humanist Perspective on Pan-Africanism / Silvia Bercu 60

Chapter 5 Civil Society and Pan-Africanism / Mammo Muchie 69

Chapter 6 Pan-Africanism and the Second Liberation Struggle for a United New Africa / Chen Chimutengwende 82

Chapter 7 From Colonialism to Elitism: An Enquiry into the African Imbroglio / Messay Kebede 103

Part III Africa-Nation, Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance: Issues, Challenges and Prospects

Chapter 8 African Renaissance: Frankly, it's up to "us" / David Abdulai 124

Chapter 9 The Power of Logo: The implication of the Chinese Revolution for Pan-Africanism / Xing Li 147

Chapter 10 The role of the African media in promoting African integration / Baffour Ankomah 169

Chapter 11 Language in the construction of 'Afrikan' unity / Kimani Nehusi 208

Chapter 12 Agreeing to Differ: African Democracy - Its Obstacles and Prospects / Steven Friedman 234

Chapter 13 The Commodification of Violence: Private Military Companies and African States / Anna Leander 264

Chapter 14 Does the world owe Africa a living? / Desmond Davies 281

Part IV Afro-Arab Relations: Co-operation or Conflict?

Chapter 15 Pan-Africanism and Pan-Arabism: Back to the Future? / Akram Hawas 288

Chapter 16 The Struggle for the Africa-Nation versus Arab Nationalism / B.F. Bankie 307

Chapter 17 Africa and Arabia in the post-September 11 World Order / Mammo Muchie 312

Part V Africa-Nation, Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance: Alternative Guideposts

Chapter 18 Wither Africa? Reflections on alternative guideposts / Jacques Hersh 330

Chapter 19 NEPAD: It simply won't work / Guy Arnold 343

Chapter 20 NEPAD: Can it succeed without reforming the global economic System? / Mammo Muchie 353.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the J. Fithian Tatem Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

0954503724

OCLC:

53156554