Animal farm prophecy fulfilled in Africa : a call to a values and systems revolution / Chiku Malunga.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Malunga, Chiku Watchman, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Politics and government.

Africa--Economic conditions--1960-.

Economic conditions.

Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Animal farm.

Orwell, George.

Physical Description:

viii, 135 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : University Press of America, [2014]

Summary:

"Animal Farm" Prophecy Fulfilled in Africa: A Call to a Values and Systems Revolution discusses why deep levels of poverty and suffering persist in Africa despite all the successive regime changes over the last half century. It discusses why more people are poorer now than they were in the colonial era. The author argues that this is so because most of the leadership change efforts on the continent focus on replacing individuals rather than changing or overhauling the negative systems and the values inherent in the systems that the individual leaders inherit, create or perpetuate. The problems persist because they are systemic rather than personal in nature. Deep and lasting change that could result in lifting millions of people out of poverty will only occur when the systems, rather than only the individuals, are changed or replaced. The author challenges ordinary citizens, especially the youth, to rise up against 'animal farm systems' in order to create the tomorrow to which they aspire and deserve. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Hitler is not Dead 1

Chapter 2 A "Snapshot" of Africa 7

Chapter 3 A Summary of Animal Farm 21

Chapter 4 Systems in Practice 33

Chapter 5 The Marks of Animal Farm Systems 57

Chapter 6 Why Leadership Fails in Africa and what Africans can do about it 73

Chapter 7 Breaking Animal Farm Systems 89

Chapter 8 Conclusion: Two Approaches to Organizing against Animal Farm Systems 107.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0761864369

9780761864363

OCLC:

883647181