The Making of the Africa-nation

by Muchie, Mammo

• ISBN13: 9780954503727
• ISBN10: 0954503724
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-30
• Publisher: Lightning Source Inc

Summary

The need for unity has been a recurring theme in Africa's irredentist struggles against the forces of fragmentation and general underdevelopment. A truly united Africa however cannot be made without a prior making of the African. Currently, a shared sense of being African is at best still in a state of flux. The idea of Africa itself has also not been satisfactorily settled. With these in mind, discussions of any unity project in Africa must necessarily start with posing and answering some fundamental questions: Who is uniting? What for? And how should the unity proceed?

Table of Contents

Dedication	p. viii
Foreword	p. ix
Preface	p. xi
Introduction
Introduction: Has the Pan-African hour come?	p. 2
Conceptual and Theorectical Issues
The Wish to Unite: The Historical and Political Context of the Pan-African Movement	p. 13
Re-framing Pan-Africanism	p. 40
The New Humanist Perspective on Pan-Africanism	p. 60
Civil Society and Pan-Africanism	p. 69
Pan-Africanism and the Second Liberation Struggle for a United New Africa	p. 82
From Colonialism to Elitism: An Enquiry into the African Imbroglio	p. 103
Africa-Nation, Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance: Issues, Challenges and Prospects
African Renaissance: Frankly, it's up to "us"	p. 124
The Power of Logo: The implication of the Chinese Revolution for Pan-Africanism	p. 147
The role of the African media in promoting African integration	p. 169
Language in the construction of 'Afrikan' unity	p. 208
Agreeing to Differ: African Democracy - Its Obstacles and Prospects	p. 234
The Commodification of Violence: Private Military Companies and African States	p. 264
Does the world owe Africa a living?	p. 281
Afro-Arab Relations: Co-operation or Conflict?
Pan-Africanism and Pan-Arabism: Back to the Future?	p. 288
The Struggle for the Africa-Nation versus Arab Nationalism	p. 307
Africa and Arabia in the post-September 11 World Order	p. 312
Africa-Nation, Pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance: Alternative Guideposts
Wither Africa? Reflections on alternative guideposts	p. 330
NEPAD: It simply won't work	p. 343
NEPAD: Can it succeed without reforming the global economic System?	p. 353
General Conclusions
General Conclusions	p. 377
Notes on the Contributors	p. 381
Index	p. 387
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