The African Renaissance and the Afro-Arab Spring: A Season of Rebirth?
Char Villa-Vicencio
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Paperback. Addresses the often unspoken connection between South African apartheid and the popular revolts of 2011 that dramatically remade the landscape in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. In this book, contributors shed light on a critical conversation about the desire for radical change holds the possibility of a new beginning for Africa. Editor(s): Villa-Vicencio, Charles; Doxtader, Erik; Moosa, Ebrahim; Mbeki, Thabo. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 maps, 1 figure, 5 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
The African Renaissance and the Afro-Arab Spring addresses the often unspoken connection between the powerful call for a political-cultural renaissance that emerged with the end of South African apartheid and the popular revolts of 2011 that dramatically remade the landscape in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. Looking between southern and northern Africa, the transcontinental line from Cape to Cairo that for so long supported colonialism, its chapters explore the deep roots of these two decisive events and demonstrate how they are linked by shared opposition to legacies of political, economic, and cultural subjugation. As they work from African, Islamic, and Western ... Read more
The African Renaissance and the Afro-Arab Spring addresses the often unspoken connection between the powerful call for a political-cultural renaissance that emerged with the end of South African apartheid and the popular revolts of 2011 that dramatically remade the landscape in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. Looking between southern and northern Africa, the transcontinental line from Cape to Cairo that for so long supported colonialism, its chapters explore the deep roots of these two decisive events and demonstrate how they are linked by shared opposition to legacies of political, economic, and cultural subjugation. As they work from African, Islamic, and Western ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Washington, DC, United States
ISBN
9781626161979
SKU
V9781626161979
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-50
About Char Villa-Vicencio
Charles Villa-Vicencio is a visiting professor in the Conflict Resolution Program at Georgetown University and senior research fellow at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town. Erik Doxtader is a professor of rhetoric at the University of South Carolina and a senior research fellow at the Institute for Justice and Reconciliation in Cape Town. Ebrahim Moosa ... Read more
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