The African Renaissance and the Afro-Arab Spring addresses the often unspoken connection between the powerful call for a political-cultural renaissance that emerged with the end of South African apartheid and the popular revolts of 2011 that dramatically remade the landscape in Egypt, Libya, and Tunisia. Looking between southern and northern Africa, the transcontinental line from Cape to Cairo that for so long supported colonialism, its chapters explore the deep roots of these two decisive events and demonstrate how they are linked by shared opposition to legacies of political, economic, and cultural subjugation. As they work from African, Islamic, and Western perspectives, the book's contributors shed important light on a continent's difficult history and undertake a critical conversation about whether and how the desire for radical change holds the possibility of a new beginning for Africa, a beginning that may well reshape the contours of global affairs.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Georgetown University Press
ISBN-13
9781626161979
eBay Product ID (ePID)
214283311
Product Key Features
Subject Area
Regional History
Author
Ebrahim Moosa, Charles Villa-Vicencio, Erik Doxtader
Publication Name
The African Renaissance and the Afro-Arab Spring: a Season of Rebirth?
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Government, History
Publication Year
2015
Type
Study Guide
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
229mm
Item Width
152mm
Item Weight
363g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United States
Editor
Ebrahim Moosa, Erik Doxtader, Charles Villa-Vicencio