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Book Review: Building Peace in West Africa: Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Guinea-Bissau by Adekeye Adebajo 书评:《在西非建设和平:利比里亚、塞拉利昂和几内亚比绍》，作者:Adekeye Adebajo

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2005-02-23 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27364

S. Okuro

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Communication and Development in Nigeria: A Discussion 尼日利亚的传播与发展:讨论

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2005-02-23 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27360

N. Owens-Ibie

引用次数: 2

Between Scylla and Charybdis: Challenges facing South African Policy on Zimbabwe 在“锡拉”和“卡律布狄斯”之间:南非对津巴布韦政策面临的挑战

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2005-02-23 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V8I2.27353

U. O. Uzodike, Varusha. Naidoo

引用次数: 1

People's Participation in Rural Development: The Examples From Mafikeng 人民参与农村发展:以马坑村为例

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2005-02-23 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V8I2.27354

Pg Mpolokeng

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引用次数: 3

Assessing accountability in Cameroon’s local forest management: are representatives responsive? 评估喀麦隆当地森林管理的问责制:代表是否响应?

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2005-02-23 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27363

P. R. Oyono

引用次数: 20

South African Economic and Trade Policy in Africa: A Critical Analysis 南非在非洲的经济和贸易政策:批判性分析

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2005-02-23 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V8I2.27355

Sehlare Makgetlangeng

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引用次数: 12

The African State and Socio-Economic Development: An Institutional Perspective 非洲国家与社会经济发展:制度视角

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2005-02-23 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V9I1.27361

O. Edigheji

引用次数: 19

African Renaissance: The Politics of Return 非洲文艺复兴:回归的政治

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2002-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27331

M. P. More

{"title":"African Renaissance: The Politics of Return","authors":"M. P. More","doi":"10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27331","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27331","url":null,"abstract":"On 8 May 1996, Thabo Mbeki made what, within the context of the politics of identity in South Africa, was regarded as a ground breaking speech in which he boldly declared: \"I am an African.\" This predated a call for the 'African renaissance' in an address to the United States Corporation Council on Africa in 1997. Since then, the concept of the African renaissance has assumed a life of its own, not only within the borders of South Africa but throughout the African continent. The term and the idea of an African ren aissance are not new. Neither is the pronouncement of an African identity an historic one since so many people have, over the centuries, publicly declared and identified themselves as Africans. This paper argues that the concept of the renaissance has since brought into sharp focus the post Apartheid notion of the 'return'. Two conceptions about 'the return' are identified. The first is an Afro-pessimistic conception that construes the return as a regression to something similar to the Hobbesian 'state of nature' and thus retrogressive and oppressive and, the second, and oppo site, conception interprets the return as necessary, and thus progressive, lib eratory politics. It is argued that the former view smacks of distorted (apartheid's) representations, symptomatic of most western images of Africa and the African, a view driven by ideological and political motives desirous of halting and obstructing transformatory praxis. In defense of the libratory interpretation, an attempt is made to show, contra current views, that this interpretation is not conservative, nativist or essentialist but that, in line with Aime Cesaire's Return to the Native Land and Amilca Cabral's Return to the Source projects, it is directed at reconstructing and rehabili tating the African while forging an identity and authenticity thought to be appropriate to the exigencies of 'modern' existence.","PeriodicalId":158528,"journal":{"name":"African Journal of Political Science","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2002-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131136703","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

引用次数: 19

The Multiparty Reform Process in Tanzania: The Dominance of the Ruling Party 坦桑尼亚多党制改革进程:执政党的主导地位

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2002-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27333

M. Nyirabu

引用次数: 26

The Clones of ‘Mr Kurtz': Violence, War and Plunder in the DRC 《库尔茨先生的克隆:刚果民主共和国的暴力、战争和掠夺

African Journal of Political Science Pub Date : 2002-02-01 DOI: 10.4314/AJPS.V7I2.27329

M. Baregu

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引用次数: 10