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Subject: [WASAN] FW: New book offer: African Voices on Development and Social
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Subject: New book offer: African Voices on Development and Social Justice:
Editorials from Pambazuka News 2004
African Voices on Development and Social Justice: Editorials from
Pambazuka News 2004
Edited by Firoze Manji & Patrick Burnett
"This is a wide ranging informative compilation of essays which offer
the very best advocacy for Africa - by Africans." Glenys Kinnock MEP
Pambazuka News, the electronic newsletter on social justice in Africa,
has published an anthology of editorials that provide a perspective on
development and social justice in Africa that rarely finds expression
elsewhere.
The collection constitutes a valuable record of the views of both
African civil society activists and academics on key developments and
events in the region during 2004, touching on issues of conflict,
development, debt cancellation, women's rights and the role of the
international financial institutions in Africa.
Released just after United Kingdom Prime Minister Tony Blair's
Commission on Africa has published a bulky report on the continent's
challenges, the collection offers viewpoints that are neither
complacent or romantic about the conditions created by African
governments, nor dismissive about the role played by external forces in
the current state in which Africa finds itself.
Consisting of a selection of editorials published in the electronic
newsletter during 2004, the 54 editorials included are wide- ranging
and compiled into 11 focused chapters. An introductory chapter outlines
the global and regional context of 'underdevelopment' in Africa, while
special attention is given to the conflicts in The DRC, Rwanda, Sudan
and Zimbabwe.
The establishment of the African Union and attempts to develop regional
integration are commented upon along with special chapters devoted to
resource exploitation, women's rights and the rights of refugees in
Africa.
Both the IMF and World Bank celebrated their 60th anniversaries in 2004
and their track-records in Africa are assessed.
The concluding Chapter 11 contains a selection of letters submitted by
subscribers to Pambazuka News which demonstrate the lively debate many
of these editorials have sparked.
The 47 contributors include such distinguished Africans as Mahmood
Mamdani, Adebayo Olukoshi, Kewsi Kwaa Prah, Brian Raftopoulos, Pierre
Sane and Ernest Wamba dia Wamba.
Since its establishment in December 2000, Pambazuka News has sought to
be a vehicle for commentary, debate and information for those committed
to the cause of social justice in Africa. Produced by Fahamu, an
organisation that aims to put the technologies and the resources of the
internet at the disposal of the movement for social justice in Africa,
Pambazuka News provides a weekly summary of events in Africa by
including links to key websites, monitoring lists and including
material submitted to the newsletter. In addition the newsletter
commissions editorials on key issues related to social justice in
Africa and it is these articles that form the basis of this book.
More information on Fahamu: www.fahamu.org
More information on Pambazuka News: www.pambazuka.org
SPECIAL PROMOTION FOR PAMBAZUKA NEWS SUBSCRIBERS
Readers in Africa can obtain a copy of the book from Mkuki na Nyota
Publishers (see below) for US$ 15.
Subscribers elsewhere can buy the book for UK Pounds 10 (normal price
17.95 pounds) for a limited period until 30 April provided you can
prove that you are a subscriber to Pambazuka News. You must quote the
words "Pambazuka News Subscriber Offer" and include your email address
(so we can check whether you are a subscriber) and send your order to
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ISBN 9987417353 304pp. 2005 Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, Tanzania
(Editorials from Pambazuka News series, 1)
North America: $34.95
UK, Europe, rest of the world: £17.95
Ordering information
Africa: $15
Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
PO Box 4246, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Tel/fax: +255-22 2180479
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North America: $34.95
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Fax: +1-517 432 2611, 800-678 2120
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African Books Collective Ltd.
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Oxford OX2 0DP, UK
Tel: +44-(0)1865-726686;
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