Dead-end to Nigerian Development SC (Printed)
Okwudiba Nnoli
CODESRIA, 1993, 264 p.
ISBN : 2-86978-020-6 (paperback)
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Dead-end to Nigerian Development SC (Printed)
Okwudiba Nnoli
Dead-end to Nigerian Development SC (Printed)
Okwudiba Nnoli
CODESRIA, 1993, 264 p.
ISBN : 2-86978-020-6 (paperback)
Coloniality of Power in Postcolonial Africa – Myths of Decolonization
Coloniality of Power marries the historical complexities of the past with the ambiguities of the present to expose the obstacles imposed by domination and exploitation, while at the same time revealing the oppositional strategies of intellectual and other forms of everyday and organized resistance and nationalism on behalf of the ongoing project of nation building. The urgency of the moment drives the practical insurgencies to produce The Africa We Want.
Toyin Falola, Professor and author of Decolonizing African Studies
“Ndlovu-Gatsheni demonstrates an encyclopedic knowledge of post-colonial and colonial theory in his evaluation of current African problems.” (From review of Coloniality of Power in Journal of Retracing Africa)
Jason Morgan, University of Texas at Austin
“To decolonise is not automatically to emancipate; to proclaim the postcolonial is not necessarily to end dependency. These terms become often a rhetoric to avoid a sometimes painful exploration and interrogation of the contradictions involved in the long road to true and authentic freedoms. Sabelo Ndlovu-Gatsheni’s startling and important new book refuses us the luxury of rhetoric and invites us to go very much deeper.”
Stephen Chan, Professor of World Politics, SOAS, University of London
Libéralisation et développement économiques en Afrique (Printed)
Dans son discours délivré à la clôture de la 11ème Assemblée Générale du CODESRIA, à Maputo en 2005, Jomo Kwame Sundaram remarque que plus de trois décennies de stagnation économique, de privation et d’une pauvreté agrandissante ont gravement affecté le tissu économique, social et politique de l’Afrique. Par conséquent, des efforts proactifs sont d’une urgente nécessité pour la création de capacités durables pour le développement. Sundaram défend que l’opinion générale sur le développement de l’Afrique et la pauvreté est souvent erroné et dangereux. Même le FMI a reconnu que la libéralisation financière internationale n’a fait qu’exacerber la volatilité. Encore pire, des preuves tangibles ont été fournies sur le fait que certaines recommandations avancées sur la politique économique et les conditionnalités imposées aux gouvernements africains ont reflété le manque de désintérêt et la préjudice de la part de ceux qui sont supposés aider l’Afrique. C’est en tenant compte du fait que la croissance économique et le développement ne réduisent pas nécessairement la pauvreté et les inégalités que Sundaram appelle à un ‘espace politique’ élargi afin que les gouvernements africains puissent choisir ou mettre sur pied leur propre stratégies de développement, mais aussi développer et mettre en oeuvre des politiques de développement qui sont plus appropriées.
The story of humankind is about the search for hospitable places to call home. Migration is historically a part of this story. People have left one place for the other, based on challenges in the place of origin, and perceived attractions in the desired destinations. In emergency migrations, the character of the African refugee camp at the end of the twentieth Century has gradually transformed into that of an intermediate stage in incomplete migrations.
Barrack O. Muluka
Codesria 2023
ISBN 978 2 38234 098 1
Civil Society and the Search for Development Alternatives in Cameroon (Printed)
Recent developments have witnessed the emergence of civil society as a major development actor whose potentials and capacity, especially in Africa, are often taken for granted and treated as limitless.
A critical assessment of some of their structures (NGOs, religious organisations, trade unions, home-based associations, women’s mobilisation structures, local community organisations, and the youth) and the legal and political context of the operation of civil society in Cameroon shows a popular effervescence that is visible in social development initiatives; Although this would complement the state and free enterprise, it is however often frustrated by the state’s suspicion in a context of rising social awareness and protest that is assimilated with political opposition or attempts at manipulation along partisans lines.
This book is a call to reform the framework and civil society to assess its components and roles in shaping the future of Africa.
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