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A Flawed Freedom: Rethinking Southern African Liberation
John S. Saul
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Description for A Flawed Freedom: Rethinking Southern African Liberation
Paperback. Examines the grim reality of southern Africa's contemporary post-'liberation' plight, with up-to-date analysis of the ANC and social movements. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; HBJH; HBLW3; HBTR; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
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.
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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.
... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
208
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745334790
SKU
9780745334790
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About John S. Saul
John S. Saul (1938-2023) was a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and the author of A Flawed Freedom: Rethinking Southern African Liberation (Pluto, 2014). He was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 by the Canadian Association of African Studies for his writing and lecturing on South Africa.
Reviews for A Flawed Freedom: Rethinking Southern African Liberation
'Covers a great deal of ground in an accessible and lively fashion. Concisely and tightly argued, it is a powerful rebuff to 'Afropessimists' and neoliberals alike'
Leo Zeilig, author of Class Struggle and Resistance in Africa (2008) 'Saul combines in his person much of what is best about the international political culture of the left'
Aijaz Ahmed, Indian ... Read more
Leo Zeilig, author of Class Struggle and Resistance in Africa (2008) 'Saul combines in his person much of what is best about the international political culture of the left'
Aijaz Ahmed, Indian ... Read more