A Flawed Freedom: Rethinking Southern African Liberation Contributor(s): Saul, John S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0745334792 ISBN-13: 9780745334790 Publisher: Pluto Press (UK) OUR PRICE: $31.63 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa - Political Science | Political Freedom |
Dewey: 968.000 |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.65 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Southern Africa |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Twenty years on from the fall of apartheid in South Africa, veteran analyst and activist John S. Saul examines the liberation struggle, placing it in a regional and global context and looking at how the initial optimism and hope has given way to a sense of crisis following soaring inequality levels and the massacre of workers at Marikana. With chapters on South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique, Saul examines the reality of southern Africa's post-'liberation' plight, drawing on the insights of Frantz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral and assessing claims that a new 'precariat' has emerged. Saul examines the ongoing 'rebellion of the poor', including the recent Marikana massacre, that have shaken the region and may signal the possibility of a new and more hopeful future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Saul, John S.: - John S. Saul has been, since the 1960s, an activist in support of southern African liberation both in his native Canada and in southern Africa itself; he is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 by the Canadian Association of African Studies for his writing and lecturing on South Africa. |