Building Blocks Towards an African Century (ePub)
Essays in Honour of Thabo Mbeki Former President of the Republic of South Africa
(Sprache: Englisch)
In 2012, the University of South Africa, in partnership with the Thabo Foundation, hosted African intellectuals at a colloquium themed 'Mbeki@70'. The essays presented on that day were collected and edited into this book. What is reflected in the essays...
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In 2012, the University of South Africa, in partnership with the Thabo Foundation, hosted African intellectuals at a colloquium themed 'Mbeki@70'. The essays presented on that day were collected and edited into this book. What is reflected in the essays goes beyond the person of Thabo Mbeki to include the identification of the problems that Africa needs to solve and ventures to answer some of the difficult questions they pose. As readers navigate through these interesting theses, they will encounter the following, among others: * a compelling introductory account of Mbeki as a statesman and intellectual, including a critical analysis of the ANC's performance under President Mbeki, its achievements, and the fault lines of South Africa's nascent democracy owing to difficult policy choices; * a thorough examination of Thabo Mbeki's contribution to intellectual engagement about Africa's past, present, and future; * an analysis of Africa's institutions: in particular, the African Union; * 'Who is an African?' is thoroughly debated and various permutations are offered as to whether that should be answered as a matter of colour or identity on the one hand, or a matter of ideas, vision, and commitment to Africa's agenda, on the other; * an analysis of the fantasy of the supremacy of the white tribes in South Africa is provided and, * an examination of the important issue of leadership as epitomised by Mbeki's vision, thinking, works, which is used to pose the quesiton: what kind of leadership is required in today's Africa to deal with her challenges? In the end, the Colloquium sought to address the matter of Afrocentricity in the process of knowledge production as a means of responding to Africa's challenges rather than positioning Africans as simply the consumers of pre-packaged information from elsewhere and not Africa.
Autoren-Porträt von Mahmood Mamdani, Peter Lawrence, Elias K. Bongmba, Adebayo Olukoshi, Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Chris Landsberg, Carlos Lopes, Vusi Gumede, Pedro Tabensky, Anthony Mbewu, Catherine A. Odora Hoppers, Hellicy Ng'ambi, Mandla S. Makhanya, Max X. Boqwana, Molefe Kete Asante
Molefi Kete Asante is president of the Molefi Kete Asante Institute for Afrocentric Studies in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA. Previously professor of African and African American Studies at Temple University, he now holds the position of professor extraordinaire at the University of South Africa. He is the author of 75 books, including An Afrocentric Manifesto. Elias K. Bongmba is professor and Harry and Hazel Chair in Christian Theology and professor of religious studies at Rice University. He is a member of the American Academy of Religion. Professor Bongmba combines his teaching of African religions with his research in theology and philosophy of religion working with African philosophical ideas. Max X. Boqwana is chief executive officer of the Thabo MbekiFoundation. He brings together his legal background with participationin institutions promoting democracy and human rights underpinnedby a number of leadership positions in those environments. A former senior partner of law firms Boqwana Loon & Connellan, and Boqwana Burns, where hefocused on constitutional and administrative law, Max has been the general secretary and later president of the National Association of Democratic Lawyers (Nadel). He was also co-chairperson of the Law Society of South Africa for three terms and a chairperson of the Board of Control of Attorneys Fidelity Fund. He still serves as a council member of the Law Society of South Africa (LSSA) andwas nominated by the LSSA and appointed by the Minister of Justice and Correctional Services as vice chairperson of the National Forum on the Legal Profession. The Forum is the transitional body tasked with implementing the Legal Practice Act aimed at unifying and transforming the legal profession in the Republic. Max Boqwana has acted on various occasions as a Judge of the High Court. As a visiting fellow at Rhodes University, Max interacts with young, future lawyers on issues of constitutional and international human rights law. Atregional
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and international level, Max is vice president of the SADC Lawyers Association and a central bureau member of the International Association of Democratic Lawyers. Vusi Gumede is professor and head of the Thabo Mbeki African Leadership Institute, University of South Africa, and worked for the South African government, in various capacities, for about 12 years. Professor Gumede is an associate professor at the University of Johannesburg, a trustee of the Southern Africa Trust, and a consultant to various companies. Professor Chris Landsberg is SARChI Chair for African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy and senior associate at the School of Leadership, University of Johannesburg (UJ). He serves on a number of editorial boards and boards of think tanks and educational institutions. He holds M.Phil. and D.Phil. degrees from Oxford and was a Hamburg fellow at Stanford University's Centre for International Security and Cooperation(CISAC). Peter Lawrence is emeritus professor of development economics at Keele University. He has taught at the University of Dar es Salaam in Tanzania, Makerere University in Uganda, and in Canada. He is the founding director of the Review of African Political Economy and now serves on the International Advisory Board. At the time of writing, Carlos Lopes was the former executive secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa and undersecretary general of the United Nations. He has previously served as the executive director of the Geneva-based United Nations Institute for Training and Research (Unitar). Dr Lopes is aspecialist in development policy and strategic planning. Mandla S. Makhanya is the principal and vice chancellor of the University of South Africa (Unisa), president of the International Co...
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- Autoren: Mahmood Mamdani , Peter Lawrence , Elias K. Bongmba , Adebayo Olukoshi , Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni , Chris Landsberg , Carlos Lopes , Vusi Gumede , Pedro Tabensky , Anthony Mbewu , Catherine A. Odora Hoppers , Hellicy Ng'ambi , Mandla S. Makhanya , Max X. Boqwana , Molefe Kete Asante
- 2018, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Nyameko Barney Pityana
- ISBN-10: 1928341489
- ISBN-13: 9781928341482
- Erscheinungsdatum: 11.06.2018
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