Whither Africa in the Global South ?

Issa Shivji — 2016-01-04T04:20:00Z

[Keynote address to the International Seminar on The Global South – From Bandung to the XXI Century (September 28-30, 2015), Universidade Federal Sāo Paulo.]
AFRICA IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH : THE BASICS
The North-South divide is statistically well documented. I need not repeat it. It is necessary, however, to refresh our knowledge of Africa's geo-political space in the Global South. The total population of the Global South is roughly 6.2 billion of which Africa is only one-fifth, or 1.2 (…)

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A Life of Critical Engagement : An Interview with Issa Shivji

Issa Shivji, Sabatho Nyamsenda — 2015-06-30T03:33:00Z

Issa Shivji is one of the great public intellectuals of postcolonial Africa. He was a law student (1967-1970) at the University of Dar es Salaam, growing up amidst distinguished leftist scholars such as sociologists Giovanni Arrighi, Immanuel Wallerstein and John Saul. These scholars came from all over the world, attracted to the formative intellectual ferment at the university. Even as a precocious student, Shivji began to challenge the socialist policies of the Ujamaa regime of Julius (…)

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Whither Africa in the Global South ?

A Life of Critical Engagement : An Interview with Issa Shivji