Will Africa’s recuperative powers have dispelled the shadows of historically imposed predicaments by the end of the century? This is the question posed to this group of scholars from all over Africa and the diaspora. Their comments cover a range of issues, from knowledge and its transformation to the need to manage natural resources. Viewing the economy through the lens of actual livelihoods, however, it is clear is that colonial legacies continue to circumscribe many of the hopes and aspirations of new democracies in Africa.
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The Africa in focus series is an initiative of the Human and Social Sciences Research Council (HSRC) that creates a forum for African scholars to frame research questions and examine critical issues affecting the African continent in the 21st century.
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ISBN
9780796923448
Publisert
2011-01-25
Utgiver
Vendor
HSRC Press
Vekt
456 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
168 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
400

Biographical note

Dr Kwandiwe Kondlo is Executive Director of the Democracy and Governance Programme at the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and a visiting adjunct professor at the School for Public and Development Management at University of Witwatersrand. He holds an MA in economic history from the University of Cape Town, and obtained his doctoral degree from the University of Johannesburg. Dr Kondlo holds research associations with several universities, including the University of Cape Town, and Basle University (Switzerland). Mashupye Herbet Maserumule is a senior lecturer at the Tshwane University of Technology.||Chinenyengozi Ejiogu is an assistant research professor at the University of Maryland and the author of the forthcoming The Roots of Political Instability in Nigeria. He is a also a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Nationalism. He lives in College Park, Maryland