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  1. Constitutional identity and constitutionalism in Africa
    Contributor: Fombad, Charles Manga (Publisher); Steytler, N. C. (Publisher)
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, New York

    "I have to confess that 'constitutional identity' is not a familiar phrase. Also, it does seem to have some ambiguity. Does a constitution have an identity (other than a particular legal label for the legal document)? Does a country have a... more

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    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    "I have to confess that 'constitutional identity' is not a familiar phrase. Also, it does seem to have some ambiguity. Does a constitution have an identity (other than a particular legal label for the legal document)? Does a country have a constitutional identity - such as being a monarchy or a federation? Do the people of a country have a constitutional identity - in the sense that their county's constitution is part of their identity?"-- This book in the Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law series provides a critical analysis of existing paradigms, concepts, and normative ideologies of modern African constitutional identity

     
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  2. Black X
    Liberatory thought in Azania
    Author: Sithole, Tendayi
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Wits University Press, Johannesburg

    Explores the problematic signifier X, a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject, and makes an argument for the struggle for Azania as a liberatory project. This timely and relevant book offers a way to rethink the meaning of liberation in a... more

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    Explores the problematic signifier X, a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject, and makes an argument for the struggle for Azania as a liberatory project. This timely and relevant book offers a way to rethink the meaning of liberation in a country that has yet to rename and redefine itself.

     
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  3. Civil Wars and Third-Party Interventions in Africa
    Author: Mattoon, Audrey
    Published: [2017]
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, Cham

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  4. Black X
    Liberatory thought in Azania
    Author: Sithole, Tendayi
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Wits University Press, Johannesburg

    Explores the problematic signifier X, a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject, and makes an argument for the struggle for Azania as a liberatory project. This timely and relevant book offers a way to rethink the meaning of liberation in a... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Bayreuth
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    Explores the problematic signifier X, a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject, and makes an argument for the struggle for Azania as a liberatory project. This timely and relevant book offers a way to rethink the meaning of liberation in a country that has yet to rename and redefine itself

     
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  5. Civil Wars and Third-Party Interventions in Africa
    Author: Mattoon, Audrey
    Published: [2017]
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan, Cham

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    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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  6. Revolution and Democracy in Ghana
    The Politics of Jerry John Rawlings
    Author: Haynes, Jeffrey
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd, London

    analyses Flight-Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings' plans for radical democratisation in Ghanathis turbulent period of Ghana's history, showing Rawlings' development from a fiery revolutionary to a democracy-supporting politician adept at winning... more

     

    analyses Flight-Lieutenant Jerry Rawlings' plans for radical democratisation in Ghanathis turbulent period of Ghana's history, showing Rawlings' development from a fiery revolutionary to a democracy-supporting politician adept at winning electionsthis book will be of interest to researchers of African history and politics

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781032135489
    Series: Contemporary African Politics
    Subjects: Colonialism & imperialism; Development economics & emerging economies; Development studies; Entwicklungsstudien; Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer; Ethnic Studies; Ethnic studies; Kolonialismus und Imperialismus; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus; POL053000; Political structures: democracy; Politisches System: Demokratie; Regional geography; Regional studies; Regionale Geographie; Regionalstudien / Internationale Studien; SOC008010; Social & political philosophy; Sociology
    Scope: 222 Seiten
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    1. Revolutionary populism and democracy in Ghana 2. The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council and 'housecleaning' 3. Rawlings and populist revolution 4. 'Popular power' and authoritarian populism 5. Economic recovery and popular discontent 6. Return of multi-party democracy 7. Rawlings' Presidency and Democratisation 8. Jerry John Rawlings: personal, political, and institutional legacies
  7. Mazisi Kunene
    Literature, Activism, and African Worldview
    Author: Okoro, Dike
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd, London

    examines the life and work of Mazisi Kuneneexplores how 'oraliterature' and cultural traditions informed Kunene's poetrydraws on a range of interviews and comparative studies, the book situates Kunene's work in a wider conversation about South... more

     

    examines the life and work of Mazisi Kuneneexplores how 'oraliterature' and cultural traditions informed Kunene's poetrydraws on a range of interviews and comparative studies, the book situates Kunene's work in a wider conversation about South African social struggles.This book is an important contribution to our understanding of one of the giants of African literary history. As such, it will be of interest to researchers across African literary and postcolonial studies

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781032286556
    Series: Routledge Studies in African Literature
    Subjects: African history; Afrikanische Geschichte; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Biografien: allgemein; Biography: general; Colonialism & imperialism; Comparative politics; Cultural studies; Fremdsprachenerwerb, Fremdsprachendidaktik; Kolonialismus und Imperialismus; Kulturwissenschaften; LITERARY CRITICISM / African; Language teaching & learning (other than ELT); Language: reference & general; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus; POL053000; Regional geography; Regional studies; Regionale Geographie
    Scope: 130 Seiten
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    Interessenniveau: 05, College/higher education: For universities and colleges of further and higher education. (05)

    SECTION 1 1: After the UNESCO Award: Mazisi Kunene's poetic output 2: Literature & Cultural Identity in Kunene's poetry 3: Imagery and tradition: Mazisi Kunene and Kofi Awoonor 4: Nostalgic aesthetics/themes in Kunene's work 5: Simultaneous existence (historical timelessness) and order of literature in Kunene's workSECTION 2 6: Mazisi Kunene's 'love poems: A Critical Analysis 7: Teaching Mazisi Kunene to American Students 8: An appreciation: Mazisi Kunene (1930-2006) SECTION 3 9. The Greatness of Mazisi Kunene (An interview between Ntongela Masilela and Dike Okoro) 10. The Legacy of Mazisi Kunene (An Interview: Lupenga Mphande & Dike Okoro)
  8. South Sudan
    The State We Aspire to
    Author: Nyaba, Peter Adwok
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Dar es Salaam

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  9. Political myth-making, nationalist resistance and populist performance
    examining Kwame Nkrumah's construction and promotion of the African dream
    Author: Nartey, Mark
    Published: 2023
    Publisher:  Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, London

    Using the socio-political discourse of Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering Pan-Africanist and Ghana's independence leader, Nartey investigates the notion of political myth-making in a context underexplored in the literature. He examines Nkrumah's... more

     

    Using the socio-political discourse of Kwame Nkrumah, a pioneering Pan-Africanist and Ghana's independence leader, Nartey investigates the notion of political myth-making in a context underexplored in the literature. He examines Nkrumah's construction of a myth described in the book as the Unite or Perish myth (i.e., the idea of a 'United States of Africa' being a prerequisite for the survival of Africa in the post-independence period), exploring the rhetorical resources he deployed, categorizing and analyzing key tropes and metaphors, and setting out the myth's basic components. This book focuses on three areas: an investigation of political myth-making as a social and discursive practice in order to identify particular semiotic practices and linguistic patterns deployed in the construction of mythic discourse; the unpacking of the discursive manifestation, representation, features, and functions of political mythic themes; and finally to propose and implement an integrated discourse analytical framework to account for the complexities of mythic discourse and political narratives in general. It analyzes how Nkrumah deployed his discourse to concurrently construct heroes and villains, protagonists and antagonists, as part of an ideological mechanism aimed at galvanizing support for and instigating action on the part of the masses towards his lifelong African dream.Nartey's book steps out from the conventional domain of critical discourse studies to focus on myth as a form of populist performance. It will be of interest to postgraduate students and academics in (critical) discourse studies, rhetorical discourse analysis, African and Diaspora studies, and African history, as well as non-academics such as journalists, political commentators, and people who consider themselves to be Nkrumaists and Pan-Africanists

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781032109169; 9781032109183
    Series: Routledge research in language and communication
    Subjects: Communication in politics; Critical discourse analysis; Populism; National liberation movements; Pan-Africanism; African history; Afrikanische Geschichte; Colonialism & imperialism; Comparative politics; Discourse analysis; Ethnic Studies; Ethnic studies; Kolonialismus und Imperialismus; LAN009010; LAN009050; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics; Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik; Literature: history & criticism; POL053000; Regional geography; Regional studies; Regionale Geographie; Regionalstudien / Internationale Studien; Semantik, Diskursanalyse, Stilistik; Sociolinguistics
    Other subjects: Nkrumah, Kwame (1909-1972)
    Scope: pages cm
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    Based on author's PhD research at Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Interessenniveau: 05, College/higher education: For universities and colleges of further and higher education. (05)

    Discourse and mythology -- Analytical and methodological procedures -- The unite or perish myth as a discourse of nationalist resistance -- Metaphor and the unite or perish myth -- The unite or perish myth as populist performance.
  10. The Political Legacy of Colonialism in Zimbabwe
    Implications for Justice and Elections in Africa
    Author: Benyera, Everisto
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd, London

    Using the case study of postcolonial Zimbabwe, this book investigates the political legacy of colonialism in contemporary African institutions, exploring how those in postcolonial states relate to and with institutions which were originally designed... more

     

    Using the case study of postcolonial Zimbabwe, this book investigates the political legacy of colonialism in contemporary African institutions, exploring how those in postcolonial states relate to and with institutions which were originally designed to oppress them and remain structurally and systematically colonial

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781032791586
    Series: African Governance
    Subjects: Colonialism & imperialism; Comparative politics; Cultural studies; Development economics & emerging economies; Development studies; Elections & referenda; Entwicklungsstudien; Entwicklungsökonomie und Schwellenländer; Ethnic Studies; Ethnic studies; Kolonialismus und Imperialismus; Kulturwissenschaften; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus; POL045000; POL053000; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections; Political economy; Regional studies; Regionalstudien / Internationale Studien
    Scope: 202 Seiten
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    Acronyms viii 1 Historicising Elections and Justice in Zimbabwe 1 2 On the Nullification of the Post-Colonial African State 21 3 The Political Legacy of Colonialism on the Post Colony 38 4 Colonialism, Justice, and Elections in Africa 55 5 Racism as an Ideology 82 6 Electoral Authoritarianism and Democratic Fatigue: Examining the Dynamics of Choiceless Elections in Zimbabwe 101 7 Electoral Participation and Intergenerational Rights: Is It Time for an Upper Age Limit for Voting? 124 8 The Shadow State and the Electoral Cycle: Faking Democracy 142 9 What about a Truth and Reconciliation Commission for Zimbabwe? 160 10 Reconciling Past Injustices and Pioneering Equitable Elections 184 Index 195
  11. Photographing the Liberation Struggle in Zimbabwe
    Politics, Power, and the Images of Zenzo Nkobi
    Author: Tshuma, Lungile Augustine
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd, London

    After assuming power in 1980, the Zimbabwe African National Union has sought to control the narrative of the struggle for liberation from colonialism, to the exclusion of other players such as the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union. This book will... more

     

    After assuming power in 1980, the Zimbabwe African National Union has sought to control the narrative of the struggle for liberation from colonialism, to the exclusion of other players such as the Zimbabwe African Peoples Union. This book will interest researchers of history, memory, political science, African studies, and media studies

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781032621647
    Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Africa
    Subjects: African history; Afrikanische Geschichte; Colonialism & imperialism; Comparative politics; Cultural studies; Ethnic Studies; Ethnic studies; Fotografie; HISTORY / Africa / South / General; Kolonialismus und Imperialismus; Kulturwissenschaften; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus; PHOTOGRAPHY / General; POL045000; POL053000; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Government / Comparative; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Elections; Photography & photographs; Political campaigning & advertising
    Scope: 126 Seiten
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    Introduction: Remembering Zimbabwes Contested Past 1: Boarding Time: ZAPU and its Revolution Within a Revolution 2: Rising from the Ashes: Setting the Conventional Army 3: Looking into ZPRAs Womens Brigade 4: ZAPU and the Internationalisation of the Struggle 5: False landing: Zimbabwes Unfinished Business Conclusion: Photography and Salience(ing) the Past
  12. Social Media and Digital Dissidence in Zimbabwe
    Author: Matsilele, Trust
    Published: 2023
    Publisher:  Springer International Publishing AG, Cham

    This book proposes a new theorisation when studying cyber dissidents in an African digital sphere. It argues that social media dissidents are a recent development in a long lineage of dissidents in African societies. Using Zimbabwe as a case study,... more

     

    This book proposes a new theorisation when studying cyber dissidents in an African digital sphere. It argues that social media dissidents are a recent development in a long lineage of dissidents in African societies. Using Zimbabwe as a case study, the study locates contemporary dissidents in the same family with other historical dissident figures found in African orature, the Chimurenga wars, through music, poetry and other forms of expression. The book argues against techno-deterministic approaches to studying social media-born digital dissidence in Africa. It is aimed at scholars dedicated to studying social media movements in African contexts and the global south generally, prompting them to re-evaluate their earlier conclusions and adopt a more nuanced and contextspecific approach

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9783031084058
    Edition: 1st ed. 2022
    Subjects: Computer-Anwendungen in Kunst und Geisteswissenschaften; Computer-Anwendungen in den Sozial- und Verhaltenswissenschaften; Demonstrations & protest movements; Interessengruppen, Protestbewegungen und gewaltfreie Aktionen; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Library & Information Science; Literatur: Geschichte und Kritik; Literature: history & criticism; Media studies; Medienwissenschaften: Internet, digitale Medien und Gesellschaft; POL053000; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies
    Scope: 165 Seiten
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    1 Setting the Scene.2 Surveying and Locating Dissidence in Zimbabwe.3 The Dissident Kusvereredza of ProfJNMoyo.4 Baba Jukwa, #ThisFlag and #Tajamuka: Dissident Kusvereredza from the Margins.5 By Way of Conclusion: Thoughts on Hunhu, Social Media, Dissidentiality and Democracy.References.
  13. Mazisi Kunene
    Literature, Activism, and African Worldview
    Author: Okoro, Dike
    Published: 2022
    Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd, London

    examines the life and work of Mazisi Kuneneexplores how 'oraliterature' and cultural traditions informed Kunene's poetrydraws on a range of interviews and comparative studies, the book situates Kunene's work in a wider conversation about South... more

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    examines the life and work of Mazisi Kuneneexplores how 'oraliterature' and cultural traditions informed Kunene's poetrydraws on a range of interviews and comparative studies, the book situates Kunene's work in a wider conversation about South African social struggles.This book is an important contribution to our understanding of one of the giants of African literary history. As such, it will be of interest to researchers across African literary and postcolonial studies

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781032286563
    Series: Routledge Studies in African Literature
    Subjects: African history; Afrikanische Geschichte; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary; Biografien: allgemein; Biography: general; Colonialism & imperialism; Comparative politics; Cultural studies; Fremdsprachenerwerb, Fremdsprachendidaktik; Kolonialismus und Imperialismus; Kulturwissenschaften; LITERARY CRITICISM / African; Language teaching & learning (other than ELT); Language: reference & general; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus; POL053000; Regional geography; Regional studies; Regionale Geographie
    Scope: 130 Seiten
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    Interessenniveau: 05, College/higher education: For universities and colleges of further and higher education. (05)

    SECTION 1 1: After the UNESCO Award: Mazisi Kunene's poetic output 2: Literature & Cultural Identity in Kunene's poetry 3: Imagery and tradition: Mazisi Kunene and Kofi Awoonor 4: Nostalgic aesthetics/themes in Kunene's work 5: Simultaneous existence (historical timelessness) and order of literature in Kunene's workSECTION 2 6: Mazisi Kunene's 'love poems: A Critical Analysis 7: Teaching Mazisi Kunene to American Students 8: An appreciation: Mazisi Kunene (1930-2006) SECTION 3 9. The Greatness of Mazisi Kunene (An interview between Ntongela Masilela and Dike Okoro) 10. The Legacy of Mazisi Kunene (An Interview: Lupenga Mphande & Dike Okoro)
  14. Baro Tumsa: The Principal Architect of the Oromo Liberation Front
    Author: Jalata, Asafa
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Springer International Publishing AG, Cham

    This book identifies and examines the role of Baro Tumsa in clandestinely bringing together a few Oromo nationalists of diverse backgrounds from all over Oromia, the Oromo country, to establish the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) between the late 1960s... more

     

    This book identifies and examines the role of Baro Tumsa in clandestinely bringing together a few Oromo nationalists of diverse backgrounds from all over Oromia, the Oromo country, to establish the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF) between the late 1960s and the mid- 1970s in Oromia and Ethiopia. The Haile Selassie government's destruction of Oromo movements, mainly the Macha-Tulama Self-Help Association (MTA), was an immediate reason for the birth of the front. While most Oromos have supported and sympathized with this liberation organization, the colonizers and their agents have vilified and attacked it to make the Oromo society leaderless. For almost a half-century, the OLF has been struggling to uproot Ethiopian (Amhara-Tigray) settler colonialism and its institutions from Oromia to end the domination and exploitation of the Oromo. The book also examines the roles of leaders and social movements in organizing oppressed peoples for collective actions by creating organizations that have visions and missions to liberate themselves. It is a case study of global social movements and leadership studies

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9783031596865
    Edition: 2024 ed
    Subjects: Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies; Ethnische Gruppen und multikulturelle Studien; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus; POL045000; POL053000; Politics & government; Politik und Staat; SOC008010; SOC068000; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; Sociology; Soziologie
    Scope: 302 Seiten
    Notes:

    Chapter I: Introduction.- Chapter II: Theory of Leadership.- Chapter III: From Childhood to Adulthood.- Chapter IV: College Life and Political Involvement.- Chapter V: Participation in the MTA and Political Activism.- Chapter VI: Professionalism, Political Activism, and Networking.- Chapter VII: Baro and the Founding of the Oromo Liberation Front (OLF).- Chapter VIII: Opportunities, Dangers, and the Survival of OLF.- Chapter IX: Baro's Legacy, Long Journey, Achievements, and Challenges.
  15. Postsecular Poetics
    Negotiating the Sacred and Secular in Contemporary African Fiction
    Author: Cumpsty, Rebekah
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd, London

    This book is the first full length study of the postsecular in African literature It explores how postsecular negotiations manifest in postcolonial African settings, represented and registered in fiction. It demonstrates how African and diasporic... more

     

    This book is the first full length study of the postsecular in African literature It explores how postsecular negotiations manifest in postcolonial African settings, represented and registered in fiction. It demonstrates how African and diasporic authors disrupt the epistemological and ontological modalities of globalized literary production

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781032316888
    Series: Routledge Research in Postcolonial Literatures
    Subjects: Colonialism & imperialism; Kolonialismus und Imperialismus; LITERARY CRITICISM / African; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry; Literary studies: poetry & poets; Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter; POL045000; POL053000; Politics & government; Politik und Staat; RELIGION / General; Religion & beliefs; Religion und Glaube
    Scope: 162 Seiten
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    DedicationAcknowledgements PrefaceIntroduction: The Sacred and Postsecular in African FictionChapter One: Ritualization and the Limits of the Body in Chris Abanis and Yvonne Veras FictionChapter Two: The Sacred in the City: Pedestrian mapping in the work of Phaswane Mpe, Teju Cole and Ivan VladislavicChapter Three: Cultivation, Alterity and Excess: The Sublime in J. M. Coetzees Boyhood and Marlene van Niekerks AgaatChapter Four: Postsecular Poetics in World LiteratureCodaReference List
  16. The Zimbabwean Maverick
    Dambudzo Marechera and Utopian Thinking
    Author: CHOW-QUESADA, Shun Man Emily
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Taylor & Francis Ltd, London

    This book discusses how Dambudzo Marechera rethinks utopia as an ongoing event that contests institutionalized narratives of the postcolonial self and its relationship to society. Marechera destabilizes the narrative constitution of the self in... more

     

    This book discusses how Dambudzo Marechera rethinks utopia as an ongoing event that contests institutionalized narratives of the postcolonial self and its relationship to society. Marechera destabilizes the narrative constitution of the self in relation to society to turn towards a radical utopian thinking that empowers the individual

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781032332482
    Series: Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
    Subjects: Colonialism & imperialism; Ethnic Studies; Ethnic studies; Kolonialismus und Imperialismus; LIT024050; LIT025060; LITERARY CRITICISM / African; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000; POL045000; POL053000; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; Political science & theory; Politikwissenschaft und politische Theorie; SOC008010; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / General
    Scope: 210 Seiten
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    ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Situating Marechera and UtopiaChapter 1: Marechera, Heimat, and the Utopian Function of Literature Literature and Utopian Thinking The Role of the Writer Marecheras Heimat Chapter 2: The Utopia of an Outsider The Escape Mentality The "Outsider" and the "Nowhere" Ambiguity and Openness Chapter 3: Violence and Power Power in Violence Women in Violence Violence and Aporia Chapter 4: Narratives of Identities Racial Identity Ethnic Identity National Identity A Being of Rootlessness Chapter 5: The (Un)Real Orientating Reality Melting the "Columns" of Society Embracing the "(Un)real" Chapter 6: The Writer and the Community The Individual versus the Collective A Constellation of Individuals Responsibility and Emancipation Conclusion: Marechera - the "Dissident"
  17. Constitutional identity and constitutionalism in Africa
    Contributor: Fombad, Charles Manga (HerausgeberIn); Steytler, N. C. (HerausgeberIn)
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press, Oxford

    "I have to confess that 'constitutional identity' is not a familiar phrase. Also, it does seem to have some ambiguity. Does a constitution have an identity (other than a particular legal label for the legal document)? Does a country have a... more

    Location:
    Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Bibliothek
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    Afr/Allg: IX A: 99
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    Bundesverfassungsgericht, Bibliothek
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    "I have to confess that 'constitutional identity' is not a familiar phrase. Also, it does seem to have some ambiguity. Does a constitution have an identity (other than a particular legal label for the legal document)? Does a country have a constitutional identity - such as being a monarchy or a federation? Do the people of a country have a constitutional identity - in the sense that their county's constitution is part of their identity?"-- This book in the Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law series provides a critical analysis of existing paradigms, concepts, and normative ideologies of modern African constitutional identity

     
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    Contributor: Fombad, Charles Manga (HerausgeberIn); Steytler, N. C. (HerausgeberIn)
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9780198906308
    Edition: First edition
    Series: Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law
    Subjects: Constitution: government & the state; Constitutional & administrative law; LAW / Constitutional; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus; POL045000; POL053000; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Constitutions; Verfassung: Regierung und Staat; Verfassungs- und Verwaltungsrecht
    Scope: xxvi, 317 Seiten
    Notes:

    Introductory RemarksBen Nwabueze: Africa's Chequered Journey to Constitutional DemocracyYash Ghai: Constitutional IdentityIntroduction: Nico Steytler and Charles M Fombad: In Search of Constitutional Identity and Constitutionalism in AfricaPart 1: Overview of Concepts and Key Issues, Colonial and Traditional Constitutional Identities and Path Dependency1: Charles M Fombad: Constitutional Identity and Constitutionalism in Africa: Concepts and Key Issues2: George Ayittey: Constitutional Checks and Balances in Traditional Africa3: Heinz Klug: Constitutional Identity and Traditional Authority in the Post-Colony4: Charles M Fombad and Tresor Muhindo: The Struggle for Constitutional Identity in Francophone Africa?5: Karl Kossler: Who are 'We, the People'? Pluralist Constitutional Identity after Democratic Transitions in African and European CountriesPart 2: Case Studies6: Nico Steytler: A Century of South African Constitutional Identities7: Asnake Kefale: Political Changes, Constitutional Identities and Disruptions in Contemporary Ethiopia8: José Pina-Delgado: Rooting Constitutional Identity in African Countries without Pre-Colonial Institutional Traditions but with National Values: The Cape Verdean Experience and the Role of the Constitutional Court9: Carlson Anyangwe and Charles M Fombad: Cameroon and the Crisis of Constitutional Identity: Is Anglophone Identity Incompatible with a Cameroonian Constitutional Identity?10: Sherif Elgebeily: Taking Power from the People: Shifting Constitutional Identity in EgyptPart 3: Conclusion11: Charles M Fombad: Fostering a Sense of Constitutional Identity amid the Travails of African Constitutionalism
  18. Black X
    Liberatory thought in Azania
    Author: Sithole, Tendayi
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Wits University Press, Johannesburg

    "Explores the problematic signifier X, a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject, and makes an argument for the struggle for Azania as a liberatory project. This timely and relevant book offers a way to rethink the meaning of liberation in... more

     

    "Explores the problematic signifier X, a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject, and makes an argument for the struggle for Azania as a liberatory project. This timely and relevant book offers a way to rethink the meaning of liberation in a country that has yet to rename and redefine itself"--Publisher's description

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781776148684
    Subjects: Black people; Land tenure; Philosophy, Black; Imperialism; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus; PHILOSOPHY / Political; PHILOSOPHY / Social; POL045000; POL053000; POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory; Political science & theory; Politikwissenschaft; Social & political philosophy; Soziale und politische Philosophie; Personnes noires - Afrique du Sud - Conditions sociales; Philosophie noire - Afrique du Sud; Impérialisme - Influence
    Other subjects: Biko, Steve (1946-1977)
    Scope: 184 Seiten
    Notes:

    Introduction: X, The InceptualChapter 1The Black and the Colonial ContractChapter 2 On Land and BeingChapter 3 Steve Biko: The Matter of Ante-Marx(ism)Chapter 4 Mabogo P More s IntensificationsPostscript - The X File (Notes on Extended Thought) ReferencesIndex
  19. Black X
    Liberatory Thought in Azania
    Author: Sithole, Tendayi
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Wits University Press, Johannesburg

    "Explores the problematic signifier X, a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject, and makes an argument for the struggle for Azania as a liberatory project. This timely and relevant book offers a way to rethink the meaning of liberation in... more

     

    "Explores the problematic signifier X, a marker of the dehumanization of the black subject, and makes an argument for the struggle for Azania as a liberatory project. This timely and relevant book offers a way to rethink the meaning of liberation in a country that has yet to rename and redefine itself"--Publisher's description

     
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  20. African women narrating identity
    local and global journeys of the self
    Author: Sackeyfio, Rose A.
    Published: 2024
    Publisher:  Routledge, London

    "This book examines the complexities of women's lives in Africa and the transnational spaces of Europe and North America through the literary works of key African women writers. Using a postcolonial analytical framework, the book highlights the... more

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    Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim
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    "This book examines the complexities of women's lives in Africa and the transnational spaces of Europe and North America through the literary works of key African women writers. Using a postcolonial analytical framework, the book highlights the commonalities of African women's identities and experiences across national, ethnic, linguistic, and religious boundaries in Africa and in western settings. It collates the multi-regional narratives of key African women writers who convey how women's lives are shaped by social, economic, and political factors at home and abroad. It also illustrates the intersection of ethnicity, class, and gender that flows through all the texts examined. Unlike existing works that explore African women's fiction, this book uncovers the transformation from postcolonial themes of nationhood to global modalities of post-independence writing through the lens of gender. The book engages with feminist expression through broad themes including religion, war and ethnic conflict, women's status in society, tradition and modernity and local and global tensions. A unique approach to literary criticism of Anglophone African women's writing, this book will be of interest to scholars and students in the field of African Literature, African Studies, Women's Literature, Postcolonial Literature, Cultural and Ethnic Studies and Migration and Diaspora Studies"--

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781032395388; 9781032395401
    RVK Categories: HP 1222
    Series: Routledge studies in African literature
    Subjects: African fiction (English); African fiction (English); African fiction (English); Women and literature; Women and literature; Colonialism & imperialism; Cultural studies; Ethnic Studies; Ethnic studies; FICTION / Contemporary Women; Gender Studies: Frauen und Mädchen; Gender studies: women; Kolonialismus und Imperialismus; Kulturwissenschaften; LIT020000; LIT025040; LIT025050; LITERARY CRITICISM / African; LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors; Literary studies: general; Literaturwissenschaft, allgemein; Migration, Einwanderung und Auswanderung; Migration, immigration & emigration; Naturwissenschaften, allgemein; POL053000
    Scope: viii, 192 Seiten
    Notes:

    Includes bibliographical references and index

    Feminist Perspectives from the African Continent -- Introduction: Literary Herstories of African Women's Lives -- Radical Feminist Synergy and Sexual Exploitation in Nawal El Saadawi's -- Woman at Point Zero and God Dies by the Nile -- Caste, Class, and Women's Identity in Bessie Head's Maru -- Sisters of the Soil: Women's Resistance in Muthoni Likimani's -- Passbook Number F. -- Postcolonial Disjunctures and Urban Spaces in Amma Darko's Faceless -- Voices from the Diaspora in African Women's Fiction -- Unveiling Women's Identities in the African Muslim Diaspora in Leila -- Aboulela's Translator and Minaret -- Ruptured Spaces of the Self in We Need New Names by NoViolet Bulawayo -- Black Venus Dreams and the Migrant Body in Igiaba Scego's Adua -- Afropolitan Energies in the 21st Century: Immigrants, Dreamers, and -- Marginalized Others in Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Conclusion: Narrating African Women's Lives in Africa and the Diaspora.
  21. Kwame Nkrumah's Political Kingdom and Pan-Africanism Reinterpreted, 1909-1972
    Author: Assensoh, A.B; Alex-Assensoh, Yvette M.
    Published: 2023
    Publisher:  Lexington Books, Lanham

    This book provides an in-depth study of the life of the late Pan-African leader Kwame Nkrumah. The authors present a twenty-first-century reinterpretation of Nkrumah s Pan-Africanist views in the context of Black unity as well as Black liberation... more

     

    This book provides an in-depth study of the life of the late Pan-African leader Kwame Nkrumah. The authors present a twenty-first-century reinterpretation of Nkrumah s Pan-Africanist views in the context of Black unity as well as Black liberation within the African continent and the United States and Caribbean diaspora

     
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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Print
    ISBN: 9781666906769
    Series: African Governance, Development, and Leadership
    Subjects: 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; African history; Afrikanische Geschichte; Ethnic Studies; Ethnic studies; HISTORY / Africa / West; National liberation & independence, post-colonialism; Nationale Befreiung und Unabhängigkeit, Postkolonialismus; Nationalism; POL053000; Pannationalismus; Political leaders & leadership; Politische Führer und Führung; SOC056000
    Scope: 162 Seiten
    Notes:

    Zielgruppe: 5PB, Bezug zu Personen: ethnische Gruppen, indogene Völker, Kulturen, Stämme und andere Gruppierungen von Menschen

    Chronology (1909-1972)Chapter 1: Birth, Early Education and EmploymentChapter 2: Overseas Student Years: Nkrumah s American and UK Sojourns, 1935-1947Chapter 3: Kwame Nkrumah and Pan-Africanism: A New InterpretationChapter 4: Years of Activism and Post-Colonial Gold Coast, 1947-1960Chapter 5: Ghana: Kwame Nkrumah s Political Kingdom, 1960-1966Epilogue: The 1966 Coup, Exile, Death, and Cultural Legacy of Kwame Nkrumah
  22. Civil Wars and Third-Party Interventions in Africa /
    Author: Mattoon, Audrey,
    Published: [2017].
    Publisher:  Palgrave Macmillan,, Cham :

    Location:
    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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  23. Constitutional identity and constitutionalism in Africa /
    Contributor: Fombad, Charles Manga (Publisher); Steytler, N. C., (Publisher)
    Published: 2024.
    Publisher:  Oxford University Press,, New York :

    "I have to confess that 'constitutional identity' is not a familiar phrase. Also, it does seem to have some ambiguity. Does a constitution have an identity (other than a particular legal label for the legal document)? Does a country have a... more

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    Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Universitätsbibliothek, Jacob-und-Wilhelm-Grimm-Zentrum
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    "I have to confess that 'constitutional identity' is not a familiar phrase. Also, it does seem to have some ambiguity. Does a constitution have an identity (other than a particular legal label for the legal document)? Does a country have a constitutional identity - such as being a monarchy or a federation? Do the people of a country have a constitutional identity - in the sense that their county's constitution is part of their identity?"-- This book in the Stellenbosch Handbooks in African Constitutional Law series provides a critical analysis of existing paradigms, concepts, and normative ideologies of modern African constitutional identity

     
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