pretension and resistance in African politicsBeckman, Bjorn1938-Adeoti, Gbemisola.CodesriatextbibliographyAufsatzsammlung.sgDakar, SenegalLondonNew YorkPretoria, South AfricaNew YorkCODESRIAin association with Zed Booksin association with UNISA PressDistributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan2006monographiceng

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178 pages ; 22 cm."This book looks at different responses to the African predicament from prominent writers like Soyinka, Ngugi, and Achebe, the military men in power and the students who defy repression. It suggests that intervention by international agencies who claim to promote "democracy" and "empower the youth" may reinforce authoritarian attitudes and structures, and gives voice to the outrage, ridicule, revolutionary ardour and reformist caution of those directly affected. It also exposes the shallow pretences of those in power as well as the hypocrisy and arrogance of the foreign helpers, and concludes that being an "insider" or an "outsider" is less important than being committed to listen to ordinary people."--Back coverPsychopaths in power: the collapse of the African dream in A Play of Giants / Olusegun Adekoya -- Re-establishing the basis of social order in Africa: a reflection on Achebe's reformist agenda and Ngugi's Marxist aesthetics / M.S.C. Okolo -- Narrating the green gods: the (auto) biographies of Nigerian military rulers / Gbemisola Adeoti -- Ambiguous transitions: mediating citizenship among youth in Cameroon / Jude Fokwang -- Student radicalism and the national project: the Nigerian student movement / Bj�orn Beckman -- Transnational governance and the pacification of youth: civic education and disempowerment in Malawi / Harri Englund -- Identity and knowledge production in the fourth generation / Nana Akua Anyidoho.Bjorn Beckman & Gbemisola Adeoti, editors.Includes bibliographical references and index.f------ Since 1960 fast Political cultureAfricaInternational agenciesAfricaOrganisations internationalesAfriqueInternational agenciesPolitical culturePolitics and governmentSocial conditionsAfricaPolitics and government1960-Subsaharisches AfrikaAfrikaJQ1879.A15 I8Dakar, Senegal : CODESRIA ; London ; New York : In association with Zed Books ; Pretoria, South Africa : In association with UNISA Press ; New York : Distributed in the United States by Palgrave Macmillan, 2006(OCoLC)6078798401842777645978184277764018427776539781842777657286978196297828697819622006032630http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006032630-t.htmlhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0803/2007543000.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006032630-b.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006032630-d.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006032630-t.htmlhttps://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0803/2007543000.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006032630-b.htmlhttp://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2006032630-d.html06100520241217111009.0ocm72353770 eng