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Genre/Form: | Electronic books History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: Branch, Adam, 1975- Africa uprising. London : Zed Books, in association with International African Institute, Royal African Society, World Peace Foundation, 2015 |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Adam Branch; Zachariah Cherian Mampilly |
ISBN: | 9781783600007 1783600004 9781780329994 1780329997 9781783600014 1783600012 |
OCLC Number: | 904437698 |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Contents: | 1. Protests and possibilities -- 2. Mobs or mobilizers? Nkrumah, Fanon, and anti-colonial protest -- 3. A democratic transition? Anti-austerity protests and the limits of reform. 4. The third wave of African protest -- 5. The precipitous rise and fall of Occupy Nigeria -- 6. Political walking in Uganda -- 7. Protest and counter-protest in Ethiopia -- 8. Ẁe are fed up! 'Sudan's unfinished uprisings. |
Responsibility: | Adam Branch and Zachariah Mamphilly. |
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'Increasingly interconnected and better informed than ever, Africa's peoples are more and more ready to go onto the streets in defence of their rights. Branch and Mampilly skillfully show how African politics is changing and how the collective agency of the ordinary citizen is something that will progressively shape political culture and practice across the continent. A luta continua!'Ian Taylor, University of St Andrews'This accessible account of popular demands for an end to poverty challenges conventional narratives about democratization, economic development and a rising middle class. Recommended.'Michael Bratton, Michigan State University'Provides convincing insights into the complexity of the social and political dynamics behind African protests in a really readable - and enjoyable - fashion. The ideal introduction to the topic.'Francois Polet, editor of The State of Resistance: Popular Struggles in the Global South'Africa Uprising insightfully argues that contemporary African protests incorporate both economic and political demands, and their success cannot simply be measured by immediate political effects.'Alcinda Honwana, Author of Youth and Revolution in Tunisia'A powerful account of recent large-scale protests in Nigeria, Sudan, and elsewhere, Branch and Mampilly show us that the internal politics of movements can have a powerful effect on their success or failure. This vivid portrait of the new politics of urban protest in Africa should interest scholars and activists alike.'Adrienne LeBas, American University'An inspiring and thoughtful study of African struggles for indigenous self-liberation, taking protests on their own terms and locating them within the reality of politics in Africa. The authors seek out what is specific to protests in Africa, instead of pursuing models of linear preconceptions of what protests should look like, or predetermined expectations of outcomes.'Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im, Author of African Constitutionalism and the Role of Islam Read more...


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- Africa -- Politics and government.
- Africa, North -- Politics and government.
- Political violence -- Africa.
- Revolutions -- Africa -- History.
- HISTORY -- Africa -- General.
- Political violence.
- Politics and government.
- Revolutions.
- Africa.
- North Africa.
- Proteströrelser.
- Uppror.
- Politiska förhållanden.