Dissent, Protest and Dispute in Africa

Dissent, Protest and Dispute in Africa
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2016-12-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1315413086

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of tables -- Notes on contributors -- 1 Introduction: dissent, protest and dispute Africa -- Part I Protest and dissent in Africa -- 2 The music of heaven, the music of earth, and the music of brats: Tuareg Islam, the devil, and musical performance -- 3 Finding social change backstage and behind the scenes in South African theatre -- 4 Soccer and political (ex)pression in Africa: the case of Cameroon -- 5 Child labor resistance in southern Nigeria, 1916-38 -- 6 M'Fam goes home: African soldiers in the Gabon Campaign of 1940 -- 7 "Disgraceful disturbances": TANU, the Tanganyikan Rifles, and the 1964 Mutiny -- Part II Ethnic/land and other disputes in Africa -- 8 The role of ethnicity in political formation in Kenya: 1963-2007 -- 9 Land, boundaries, chiefs and wars in Nigeria -- 10 Borders and boundaries within Ethiopia: dilemmas of group identity, representation and agency -- 11 Rural agrarian land conflicts in postcolonial Nigeria's central region -- 12 The evolution of the Mungiki militia in Kenya, 1990 to 2010 -- 13 Refugee-warriors and other people's wars in post-colonial Africa: the experience of Rwandese and South African military exiles (1960-94) -- 14 Oiling the guns and gunning for oil: the youth and Niger Delta oil conflicts in Nigeria -- Index

Dissent, Protest and Dispute in Africa

Dissent, Protest and Dispute in Africa
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 323
Release: 2016-12-19
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1315413078

This book provides unique and detailed perspectives on different aspects of dissent, protest and disputes and how these have, in turn, continued to pose challenges in Africa. The contributors argue that, dissent, protest and most forms of disputes in Africa are the result of daily challenges that its people have faced and continue to encounter to this day. These challenges include, amongst others, demands for transparency, good governance and accountability; waves of instability that have created insecurity in most parts of the continent, an unsustainable level of youth unemployment, rapid population growth, a continent-wide healthcare and poverty crises and numerous environmental challenges. The chapters elevate the debates on dissent, protest and disputes/conflict in Africa by adding new ideas and introducing new and useful interpretations. The book’s strength lies in the contributors’ ability to conflate colonial and postcolonial tendencies to show how challenges of the past are not so different from those of today, while also presenting important historical issues from various scholarly perspectives. Dissent, Protest and Dispute in Africa will be of interest for students and scholars of African history, politics, and culture as well as those interested in social movements and civil society.

Africa Uprising

Africa Uprising
Author: Adam Branch
Publisher: Zed Books Ltd.
Total Pages: 294
Release: 2015-03-12
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1780329997

From Egypt to South Africa, Nigeria to Ethiopia, a new force for political change is emerging across Africa: popular protest. Widespread urban uprisings by youth, the unemployed, trade unions, activists, writers, artists, and religious groups are challenging injustice and inequality. What is driving this new wave of protest? Is it the key to substantive political change? Drawing on interviews and in-depth analysis, Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly offer a penetrating assessment of contemporary African protests, situating the current popular activism within its historical and regional contexts.

Dissent and Protest

Dissent and Protest
Author: United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 1971*
Genre: Government, Resistance to
ISBN:

The Verso Book of Dissent

The Verso Book of Dissent
Author: Andrew Hsiao
Publisher: Verso Books
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2015-03-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1784783080

Fully updated compendium of revolt and resistance Throughout the ages and across every continent, people have struggled against those in power and raised their voices in protest-rallying others around them or, sometimes, inspiring uprisings many years later. Their echoes reverberate from Ancient Greece, China and Egypt, via the dissident poets and philosophers of Islam and Judaism, through to the Arab slave revolts and anti-Ottoman rebellions of the Middle Ages. These sources were tapped during the Dutch and English revolutions at the outset of the Modern world, and in turn flowed into the French, Haitian, American, Russian and Chinese revolutions. More recently, resistance to war and economic oppression has flared up on battlefields and in public spaces from Beijing and Cairo to Moscow and New York City. This anthology, global in scope, presents voices of dissent from every era of human history: speeches and pamphlets, poems and songs, plays and manifestos. Every age has its iconoclasts, and yet the greatest among them build on the words and actions of their forerunners. The Verso Book of Dissent should be in the arsenal of every rebel who understands that words and ideas are the ultimate weapons.

Gender, Protests and Political Change in Africa

Gender, Protests and Political Change in Africa
Author: Awino Okech
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2020-07-03
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 3030463435

This book brings together conceptual debates on the impact of youth-hood and gender on state building in Africa. It offers contemporary and interdisciplinary analyses on the role of protests as an alternative route for citizens to challenge the ballot box as the only legitimate means of ensuring freedom. Drawing on case studies from seven African countries, the contributors focus on specific political moments in their respective countries to offer insights into how the state/society social contract is contested through informal channels, and how political power functions to counteract citizen’s voices. These contributions offer a different way of thinking about state-building and structural change that goes beyond the system-based approaches that dominate scholarship on democratization and political structures. In effect, it provides a basis for organizers and social movements to consider how to build solidarity beyond influencing government institutions. Chapters 3, 5, and 6 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

The Complex Interplay between Power, Politics, and African Agency

The Complex Interplay between Power, Politics, and African Agency
Author: Serges Djoyou Kamga
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 397
Release: 2024-10-02
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1666961612

The Complex Interplay between Power, Politics, and African Agency: The Philosophy of Toyin Falola by Serges Djoyou Kamga examines the impact of colonialism by using Toyin Falola’s philosophy as a framework. It delves into the evolution of African political culture under colonial rule. This book offers a unique perspective on the intricate dynamics of African society, providing a deeper understanding of how power and politics have shaped African culture. Kamga emphasizes the complex interplay between these elements and highlights the significance of African voices in determining their own destiny. Using Falola’s works, this book analyzes and critiques the influence of Europe and establishes the ongoing unequal relationship between ex-colonized African countries and their imperialist colonizers. This book is highly recommended for scholars of African studies, political science, and anyone interested in African history and culture.

Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa

Negotiating Identities in Contemporary Africa
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2023-08-29
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1666944491

This edited volume provides an interdisciplinary and balanced discussion on the changing dynamics of identities in Africa, with a focus on gender, ethno-cultural, and religious identity.

Inequalities and Conflicts in Modern and Contemporary African History

Inequalities and Conflicts in Modern and Contemporary African History
Author: Jan Záhorík
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 171
Release: 2018-11-16
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1498536425

The book deals with historical, social, economic, political, and international causes, contexts, and consequences of inequalities and conflicts in Africa. In particular, the book is to puts conflicts and turbulences in Ethiopia in a broader, African comparative perspective. It also identifies and analyzes multiple causes of conflicts which cannot be studied only as a result of one variable. Inequalities and conflicts have a whole set of causes stemming from historically inherited, as well as global, international, socio-economic, political and other contexts which cannot be analyzed separately. This book is vital for anyone who is interested in the study of African history, comparative politics, and conflict in Africa.

Popular Protest, Political Opportunities, and Change in Africa

Popular Protest, Political Opportunities, and Change in Africa
Author: Edalina Rodrigues Sanches
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2022
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9781003177371

"This book offers a fresh analysis of third wave popular protests in Africa, shedding light on the complex dynamics between political change and continuity in contemporary Africa. The book argues that protests are simultaneously products and generators of change in that they are triggered by micro-and-macrosocial changes, but they also have the capacity to transform the nature of politics. By examining the triggers, actors, political opportunities, resources and framing strategies, the contributors shed light onto tangible (e.g. policy implementation, liberal reforms, political alternation) and intangible (e.g. perceptions, imagination, awareness) forms of change elicited by protests. It reveals the relevant role of African protests as engines of democracy, accountability and collective knowledge. Bringing popular protests in authoritarian and democratic settings into discussion, this book will be of interest to scholars of African politics, democracy and protest movements"--