Reimagining Pan-Africanism : distinguished Mwalimu Nyerere lecture series 2009-2013 / Wole Soyinka [and four others].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Soyinka, Wole, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pan-Africanism--History.

Pan-Africanism.

Africa--Economic conditions--1960-.

Africa.

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa--Social conditions--1960-.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (274 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Limited, [2015]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the nineteen 60s and 70s, the University of Dar es salaam was recognised internationally as a great academic institution, and the site of anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist, socialist studies and activism.

Contents:

Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction. Resurrecting Radical Pan-Africanism; 1. New Imperialisms; About the author. Professor Wole Soyinka; New Imperialisms I. Whose Empire Is It Anyway?; New Imperialisms II. Anything to do with Slavery?; Vote of Thanks to Wole Soyinka; 2. Long Road to Socialism; About the author. Professor Samir; Long Road to Socialism I. The end of the crisis of capitalism or capitalism in crisis?; Capitalism, a parenthesis in history; From one long crisis to another; Crisis of capitalism or capitalism in crisis?

The second wave of emancipation by the people: a "remake" of the twentieth century or better?Towards a second wave of victorious struggles for the emancipation of workers and peoples; Long Road to Socialism II. The north/south conflict remains central in the socialist perspective; Defeating military control of the planet by imperialists; Democracy associated with social progress; "The environment" or the socialist perspective of use value? The ecological question and so-called sustainable development; "Aid", an additional tool for controlling vulnerable countries

Poverty, civil society, good governance: the poor rhetoric of the dominant discourseConventional economics: an ideological instrument that is central to capitalist reproduction; The North-South Conflict in Globalisation in Crisis; Vote of Thanks to Samir Amin; 3. From Colonial Borders to African Unity; About the author. Citation for Professor Bereket Habte Selassie; Introductory Remarks; From Colonial Borders to African Unity I; Post-colonial Pan-Africanism. A Historical and Biographical Testament; Origin of the Pan-African Idea; Négritude and the French Pan-African Connection

What is Négritude?Nkrumah and African Unity; From a Government-based to a People-based Conference; The All African Peoples Conference; The Seductive Power of Nationalism; Nkrumah and the Organization of African Unity (OAU); Pan-Africanism and Self Determination; Conclusion; From Colonial Borders to African Unity II; Pan-Africanism and Problems of African Nation-Statehood in the Age of Globalization: The Dialectic of the Universal and the Local; As if an angel whispered in their ears; Core Values as Mediating Principles; Democracy; National Unity and Stability; Rule of Law and Human Rights

Dialogue Cycle 5: Palaver on African Orature

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-256).

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ISBN:

9789987753468

9987753469

OCLC:

947118259