CLASS STRUGGLE
AND RESISTANCE IN AFRICA
edited by Leo Zeilig
foreword by Azwell
Banda
"This excellent collection brings us right to the cutting edge of
class analysis, social struggle and socio-economic liberation in Africa. For all
the progress made these last years in understanding and promoting African
social-movement mobilisation during the neoliberal epoch, a missing link has
been labour - and this book now fills that crucial gap."
- Patrick Bond,
University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
CLASS STRUGGLE AND
RESISTANCE IN AFRICA aims to reassert a radical tradition in African studies by
examining the transformative impact of recent social movements on the African
continent. It approaches these movements by critically engaging with the
experience of Marxism in Africa and offering a contemporary Marxist analysis of
the continent. The media increasingly fall back on racist notions of a 'heart of
darkness' in Africa, at the same time as the academic left dismisses Marxism as
Eurocentric. This book attempts to address these problems by uniting the
continent under a class analysis. In so doing, it seeks to counter recent
policies of austerity and globalization, and to launch a renaissance of radical
thinking in Africa.
Contents
1 Marxism, class and resistance
in Africa Leo Zeilig and David Seddon
2 Popular protest and class
struggle in Africa: an historical overview David Seddon
3 Globalization,
imperialism and popular resistance in Egypt, 1880-2000 Anne Alexander and Dave
Renton
Interview with Ahmad Hussain
4 'There shall be no
property': trade unions, class and politics in Nigeria Jussi Viinikka
Interview with Femi Aborisade
5 Resisting the state: the trade
union movement and working-class politics in Zambia, 1964-91 Miles Larmer
Interview with Austin Muneku
6 South Africa under the ANC: still
bound to the chains of exploitation Peter Dwyer
Interview with Trevor
Ngwane
7 Revolutionaries, resistance and crisis in Zimbabwe Munyaradzi
Gwisai
Interview with Tafadzwa Choto
Conclusion: 'Shinga
mushandi shinga! Qina msebenzi qina!' Peter Dwyer and Leo Zeilig
Further
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