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Civic Agency in Africa: Arts of Resistance in the 21st Century
Ebenezer Obadare
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Description for Civic Agency in Africa: Arts of Resistance in the 21st Century
Hardback. Examines the variety of mostly unorganized and informal ways in which Africans exercise agency and resist state power in the 21st century, through citizen action and popular culture, and how the relationship between ruler and ruled is being reframed. Editor(s): Obadare, Ebenezer; Willems, Wendy. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Examines the variety of mostly unorganized and informal ways in which Africans exercise agency and resist state power in the 21st century, through citizen action and popular culture, and how the relationship between ruler and ruled is being reframed. The recent eruption of popular protests across North Africa and the Middle East has reopened academic debate on the meaning and strategies of resistance in the 21st century. This book argues that Western notions of state and civilsociety provide only a limited understanding of how power and resistance operate in the African context, where informality is central to the ... Read more
Examines the variety of mostly unorganized and informal ways in which Africans exercise agency and resist state power in the 21st century, through citizen action and popular culture, and how the relationship between ruler and ruled is being reframed. The recent eruption of popular protests across North Africa and the Middle East has reopened academic debate on the meaning and strategies of resistance in the 21st century. This book argues that Western notions of state and civilsociety provide only a limited understanding of how power and resistance operate in the African context, where informality is central to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
James Currey
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847010865
SKU
V9781847010865
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99-11
About Ebenezer Obadare
Ebenezer Obadare is Douglas Dillon Senior Fellow for Africa Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR). He is also a senior fellow at the New York University School of Professional Studies Center for Global Affairs, as well as a fellow at the University of South Africa's Institute of Theology. His books include Humor, Silence, and Civil Society ... Read more
Reviews for Civic Agency in Africa: Arts of Resistance in the 21st Century
In the year of his death, Patrick Chabal . . . wrote the forward to this edited volume, which celebrates the everyday resilience, strength, and global consciousness of the continent's citizenry. His contribution is a testament to the work's scholarly importance as a beacon of interdisciplinary synergy that promotes ongoing dialogue and understanding by paving empirical pathways that lead to ... Read more