Let the People Speak

dc.creatorShivji, Issa G.
dc.date2016-06-02T12:00:17Z
dc.date2016-06-02T12:00:17Z
dc.date2006
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-18T14:50:23Z
dc.date.available2018-04-18T14:50:23Z
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at the following link http://www.africanbookscollective.com/books/let-the-people-speak
dc.descriptionThe African national project has been defeated, and the imperial/globalisation project is on the offensive. And yet, as Issa Shivji, one of Africa’s most distinguished public intellectuals, argues in this collection of essays, there is bound to be a backlash – witness Latin America. African scholars are already debating the resurgence of nationalism and Pan-Africanism, and searching for alternative paths of development and democracy. The ninety essays contained in this book are selected by the author from his writings published in newspaper columns during the period 1990-2005, a critical time in Tanzania that witnessed the rise and fall of nationalism, and transition to and consolidation of neo-liberalism. The essays give an overview of the intellectual history and traditions in Tanzania, one of the few countries in Africa which can still boast of political stability and reasonable openness. The writings reflect the hopes and fears of the progressive intellectual community, and project a strong sense of the enduring ideas and values in the period. The author’s aims are to recover the history of the recent past in Tanzania, build a narrative of where the country is coming from, and provide a historical understanding of the events and climate of the present. The essays give an overview of the intellectual history and traditions in Tanzania, one of the few countries in Africa which can still boast of political stability and reasonable openness. The writings reflect the hopes and fears of the progressive intellectual community, and project a strong sense of the enduring ideas and values in the period. The author’s aims are to recover the history of the recent past in Tanzania, build a narrative of where the country is coming from, and provide a historical understanding of the events and climate of the present.
dc.identifierShivji, I. (2006). Let the people speak. Dakar, Senegal: Codesria.
dc.identifier9782869781832
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2335
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/2335
dc.languageen
dc.publisherCODESRIA
dc.subjectNeo-Liberalism
dc.subjectTanzania
dc.subjectPan-Africanism
dc.subjectDevelopment
dc.subjectDemocracy
dc.titleLet the People Speak
dc.titleTanzania Down the Road to Neo-Liberalism
dc.typeBook

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