Land Acquisitions in Africa: A Return to Franz Fanon?

dc.contributor.authorStephan, Harry
dc.contributor.authorLobban, Ryan
dc.contributor.authorBenjamin, Jessica
dc.date.accessioned2017-02-20T13:11:15Z
dc.date.available2017-02-20T13:11:15Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractIn order to understand the predicament facing Africa today, one has to return to a previous era when Africa faced its fight against colonalization. One hundred and twenty-five years after the Berlin Conference, a vast majority of African states remain in a position of social and political stagnation. Decolonization, which was supposedly based on the positive-sum incorporation of the newly-independent states into the international political arena, led to the dissolution of the rhetoric of “civilizing the barbaric masses”; and a new global endeavor emerged to “develop” the post-colonial state via its access to the absolute gains of the global political economy. For the majority of populaces of the Third World, however, the promises of social security, economic advancement, equal terms of trade, and the abandonment of force and racism did not shadow the decolonization process. In this context, Franz Fanon said that there is nothing save a minimum of re-adaptation, a few reforms at the top, a flag waving, and down at the bottom an undivided mass still living in the middle ages, endlessly marking time.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationStephan, H., Lobban, R., & Benjamin, J. (2010). Land Acquisitions in Africa: A Return to Franz Fanon?. <i>TAWARIKH: International Journal for Historical Studies</i>, http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23984en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationStephan, Harry, Ryan Lobban, and Jessica Benjamin "Land Acquisitions in Africa: A Return to Franz Fanon?." <i>TAWARIKH: International Journal for Historical Studies</i> (2010) http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23984en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationStephan, H., Lobban, R. & Benjamin, J. (2010). Land Acquisitions in Africa: A Return to Franz Fanon?. TAWARIKH: International Journal for Historical Studies, 2(1), 75-92.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2085-0980en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Journal Article AU - Stephan, Harry AU - Lobban, Ryan AU - Benjamin, Jessica AB - In order to understand the predicament facing Africa today, one has to return to a previous era when Africa faced its fight against colonalization. One hundred and twenty-five years after the Berlin Conference, a vast majority of African states remain in a position of social and political stagnation. Decolonization, which was supposedly based on the positive-sum incorporation of the newly-independent states into the international political arena, led to the dissolution of the rhetoric of “civilizing the barbaric masses”; and a new global endeavor emerged to “develop” the post-colonial state via its access to the absolute gains of the global political economy. For the majority of populaces of the Third World, however, the promises of social security, economic advancement, equal terms of trade, and the abandonment of force and racism did not shadow the decolonization process. In this context, Franz Fanon said that there is nothing save a minimum of re-adaptation, a few reforms at the top, a flag waving, and down at the bottom an undivided mass still living in the middle ages, endlessly marking time. DA - 2010 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town J1 - TAWARIKH: International Journal for Historical Studies LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2010 SM - 2085-0980 T1 - Land Acquisitions in Africa: A Return to Franz Fanon? TI - Land Acquisitions in Africa: A Return to Franz Fanon? UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23984 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/23984
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationStephan H, Lobban R, Benjamin J. Land Acquisitions in Africa: A Return to Franz Fanon?. TAWARIKH: International Journal for Historical Studies. 2010; http://hdl.handle.net/11427/23984.en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisherMinda Masagi Pressen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Political Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.sourceTAWARIKH: International Journal for Historical Studiesen_ZA
dc.source.urihttp://oaji.net/journal-detail.html?number=2418
dc.titleLand Acquisitions in Africa: A Return to Franz Fanon?en_ZA
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