The Roots of Africa’s Present Condition
▻http://africasacountry.com/2015/12/the-roots-of-africas-present-condition
Today sees the relaunch of the famed #Review_of_African_Political_Economy, this time on the web. We are happy to report that we will partner with #ROAPE and its editor,.....
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#Julius_Malema’s #Economic_Freedom_Fighters and the South African Left
▻http://africasacountry.com/julius-malemas-economic-freedom-fighters-and-the-south-african-left
In geographer Gill Hart’s excellent Rethinking the #South_Africa crisis, she points to a rather curious phenomenon as part of her engagement with the figure of one Julius Malema and the ‘populist’ turn he represents. She notes that for a change the far left and liberal right’s #POLITICS converge in the sense that they both share the same critique of the ex-Youth League president and current commander-in-chief of the Economic Freedom Fighters (...)