A Flawed Freedom
Rethinking Southern African Liberation
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, History
| Author: | John S. Saul | ISBN: | 9781783711420 |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press | Publication: | April 20, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | John S. Saul |
| ISBN: | 9781783711420 |
| Publisher: | Pluto Press |
| Publication: | April 20, 2014 |
| Imprint: | Pluto Press |
| Language: | English |
Twenty years on from the fall of apartheid in South Africa, veteran analyst and activist John S. Saul examines the liberation struggle, placing it in a regional and global context and looking at how the initial optimism and hope has given way to a sense of crisis following soaring inequality levels and the massacre of workers at Marikana.*BR**BR*With chapters on South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique, Saul examines the reality of southern Africa's post-'liberation' plight, drawing on the insights of Frantz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral and assessing claims that a new 'precariat' has emerged.*BR**BR*Saul examines the ongoing 'rebellion of the poor', including the recent Marikana massacre, that have shaken the region and may signal the possibility of a new and more hopeful future.
Twenty years on from the fall of apartheid in South Africa, veteran analyst and activist John S. Saul examines the liberation struggle, placing it in a regional and global context and looking at how the initial optimism and hope has given way to a sense of crisis following soaring inequality levels and the massacre of workers at Marikana.*BR**BR*With chapters on South Africa, Tanzania and Mozambique, Saul examines the reality of southern Africa's post-'liberation' plight, drawing on the insights of Frantz Fanon and Amilcar Cabral and assessing claims that a new 'precariat' has emerged.*BR**BR*Saul examines the ongoing 'rebellion of the poor', including the recent Marikana massacre, that have shaken the region and may signal the possibility of a new and more hopeful future.
