Branch, Adam, 1975-

Africa uprising : popular protest and political change / Adam Branch and Zachariah Mampilly - London : Zed books, 2015 - 251 p.; 20 cm - African arguments . - African arguments .

Acknowledgments1. Protests and Possibilities2. Mobs or Mobilizers? Nkrumah, Fanon and Anti-Colonial Protest3. A Democratic Transition? Anti-Austerity Protests and the Limits of Reform4. The Third Wave of African protest5. The Precipitous Rise and Fall of Occupy Nigeria6. Political Walking in Uganda7. Protest and Counter-Protest in Ethiopia8. 'We are Fed Up!' Sudan's Unfinished UprisingsConclusion: Africa in a World of ProtestNotesReferencesIndex

A fascinating and original overview of resistance and protest in Africa.

9781780329970 (pbk)


Democracy--Africa
Political culture--Africa.
Civil society--Africa
Democracia--Africa
Sociedad civil --Africa
Cultura polĂ­tica --Africa

JQ 1879 / B816a 2015

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