Dissent, protest and dispute in Africa / / edited by Emmanuel M. Mbah and Toyin Falola

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910155249503321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-315-41309-4; 1-315-41308-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (307 pages)
• Collana: Global Africa ; ; 1
• Altri autori (Persone): FalolaToyin; MbahEmmanuel M
• Disciplina: 303.6/9096
• Soggetti: Social conflict - Africa - History - 20th century; Social conflict - Africa - History - 21st century; Political participation - Africa; Land tenure - Africa; Electronic books.; Africa Social conditions 20th century; Africa Social conditions 21st century; Africa Politics and government 20th century; Africa Politics and government 21st century
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction: Dissent, protest and dispute Africa / Emmanuel M. Mbah and Toyin Falola -- The music of heaven, the music of Earth, and the music of brats: Tuareg Islam, the Devil, and musical performance / Susan J. Rasmussen -- Finding social change backstage and behind the scenes in South African theatre / Nathanael Vlachos -- Soccer and political (ex)pression in Africa: the case of Cameroon / Alain Lawo-Sukam -- Child labor resistance in southern Nigeria, 1916-1938 / Adam Paddock -- M'Fain goes home: African soldiers in the Gabon campaign of 1940 / Mark Reeves -- "Disgraceful disturbances": TANU, the Tanganyikan Rifles, and the 1964 mutiny / Charles Thomas -- The role of ethnicity in political formation in Kenya: 1963-2007 / Tade O. Okediji and Wahutu J. Siguru -- Land, boundaries, chiefs and wars / ; Toyin Falola -- Borders and boundaries within Ethiopia: dilemmas of group identity, representation and agency / Alexander Meckelburg -- Rural agrarian land conflicts in postcolonial Nigeria's central region / Sati Fwatshak -- The evolution of the Mungiki militia in Kenya, 1990 to 2010 / Felix Kiruthu -- Refugee-warriors and other people's wars in post-colonial Africa: the experience of Rwandese and South African military exiles (1960-94) / Tim Stapleton -- Oiling the guns and gunning for oil: the youth and Niger Delta oil conflicts in Nigeria / Christian C. Madubuko.