Reimagining Pan-Africanism : distinguished Mwalimu Nyerere lecture series 2009-2013 / / Wole Soyinka [and four others]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910465327303321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : , : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Limited, , [2015]; ©2015
• ISBN: 9987-753-46-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (274 p.)
• Soggetti: Pan-Africanism - History; Electronic books.; Africa Economic conditions 1960-; Africa Politics and government 1960-; Africa Social conditions 1960-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-256).
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Foreword; Introduction. Resurrecting Radical Pan-Africanism; 1. New Imperialisms; About the author. Professor Wole Soyinka; New Imperialisms I. Whose Empire Is It Anyway?; New Imperialisms II. Anything to do with Slavery?; Vote of Thanks to Wole Soyinka; 2. Long Road to Socialism; About the author. Professor Samir; Long Road to Socialism I. The end of the crisis of capitalism or capitalism in crisis?; Capitalism, a parenthesis in history; From one long crisis to another; Crisis of capitalism or capitalism in crisis?; The second wave of emancipation by the people: a "remake" of the twentieth century or better?Towards a second wave of victorious struggles for the emancipation of workers and peoples; Long Road to Socialism II. The north/south conflict remains central in the socialist perspective; Defeating military control of the planet by imperialists; Democracy associated with social progress; "The environment" or the socialist perspective of use value? The ecological question and so-called sustainable development; "Aid", an additional tool for controlling ; vulnerable countries; Poverty, civil society, good governance: the poor rhetoric of the dominant discourseConventional economics: an ideological instrument that is central to capitalist reproduction; The North-South Conflict in Globalisation in Crisis; Vote of Thanks to Samir Amin; 3. From Colonial Borders to African Unity; About the author. Citation for Professor Bereket Habte Selassie; Introductory Remarks; From Colonial Borders to African Unity I; Post-colonial Pan-Africanism. A Historical and Biographical Testament; Origin of the Pan-African Idea; Négritude and the French Pan-African Connection; What is Négritude?Nkrumah and African Unity; From a Government-based to a People-based Conference; The All African Peoples Conference; The Seductive Power of Nationalism; Nkrumah and the Organization of African Unity (OAU); Pan-Africanism and Self Determination; Conclusion; From Colonial Borders to African Unity II; Pan-Africanism and Problems of African Nation-Statehood in the Age of Globalization: The Dialectic of the Universal and the Local; As if an angel whispered in their ears; Core Values as Mediating Principles; Democracy; National Unity and Stability; Rule of Law and Human Rights; Dialogue Cycle 5: Palaver on African Orature