A Flawed Freedom
Rethinking Southern African Liberation
- Publisher
- Between the Lines
- Initial publish date
- Apr 2014
- Category
- African, Developing Countries, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781771131513
- Publish Date
- Apr 2014
- List Price
- $16.99
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781771131506
- Publish Date
- Apr 2014
- List Price
- $24.95
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Description
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.
