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Political Science African

A Flawed Freedom

Rethinking Southern African Liberation

by (author) John S. Saul

Publisher
Between the Lines
Initial publish date
Apr 2014
Category
African, Developing Countries, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781771131513
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $16.99
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781771131506
    Publish Date
    Apr 2014
    List Price
    $24.95

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Twenty years on from the fall of apartheid in South Africa, veteran analyst and activist John S. Saul explores the liberation struggle, placing it in a regional and global context. Saul looks at how initial optimism has given way to a sense of crisis following soaring inequality levels and the massacre of workers at Marikana.

With chapters on South Africa, Tanzania, and Mozambique, Saul investigates 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.

Saul examines the ongoing “rebellion of the poor,” which has shaken the region and may signal the possibility of a new and more hopeful future.

About the author

John S. Saul is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2011 by the Canadian Association of African Studies for his Writing and lecturing on South Africa.

John S. Saul's profile page

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