Reimagining Pan-Africanism

Samir Amin, Wole Soyinka

Description

In the nineteen 60s and 70s, the University of Dar es salaam was recognised internationally as a great academic institution, and the site of anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist, socialist studies and activism. With the onslaught of neo-liberalism beginning with Structural Adjustment Programmes in Tanzania in the mid 80s, the university was one of its prime targets; subjected to numerous pressures designed to extinguish the flames of revolutionary scholarship and activism. The establishment in 2008 of the Mwalimu Nyerere Chair on Pan - Africanism with Professor Issa Shivji as its first Chairman, and the annual Distinguished Nyerere Lectures Series inaugurating annual intellectual festivals was, in Professor Shivji's introduction to this volume of collected lectures, "the resurrection of radical Pan-Africanism at the University of Dar es salaam." The impact of the festivals and the lectures went well beyond the university community, as substantial number of the participants at these lectures and debates were citizen intellectuals, not part of the university community. The calibre of the distinguished lecturers speaks for itself; there could be no better representation of progressive African intellectuals honouring the legacy of Mwalimu Nyerere, than Professors Wole Soyinka, Samir Amin, Bereket Habte Selassie, Micere Githae Mugo and Thandika Mkandawire whose lectures are published in this book.

Sujets

• African Studies

Informations

• Publié par: Mkuki na Nyota Publishers
• Date de parution: 29 décembre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• EAN13: 9789987753468
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

Extrait

Reimagining Pan-afRicanism Distinguished Mwalimu Nyerere Lecture Series 20092013 Wole Soyinka Samir amin Bereket HaBte SelaSSie mĨcere GĨtHae mŨGo tHandika mkandaWire With an Introduction by iSSa SHivji

REIMAGINING PAN-AFRICANISM

DisTinguised Mwaimu Nyerere LecTure Series 2009-2013

Woe Soyinka Samir Amin BerekeT HabTe Seassie Mĩcere GĩTae Mũgo handika Mkandawire

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ConTenTs

Foreword Rwekaza Mukandaa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v

InTroducTion ïssa Sîvjî . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xî

New Imperiaisms Woe Soyînka . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

Long Road To Sociaism Samîr Amîn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

From Coonia Borders To African UniTy Bereke Habe Seassîe  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

ArT, ArTisTs and he Fowering of Pan-Africana LiberaTed Zone Mĩcere Gĩae Mũgo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Fity Years of African Independence: Persona RelecTions handîka Mkandawîre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Foreword

Rwekaza Mukandaa

he Mwaîmu Juîus Nyerere Caîr în Pan-Arîcan Sudîes was esabîsed în 2008 and wî îs esabîsmen, Proessor ïssa Guamusseîn Sîvjî, was appoîned o be e Irs Caîr. As Caîr, Pro. Sîvjî was obîgaed o moîvae înerdîscîpînary researc addressîng socîo-economîc, scîenîIc, and cuura probems acîng Tanzanîa and e Arîcan conînen. No ony was e supposed o sîmuae înkîng and debae a ook îno accoun e conînen’s îsorîca caenges, opporunîîes, acîevemens and e uure prospecs î aced, bu aso o aîm a arnessîng e grea mînds o e Unîversîy o Dar es Saaam o address probems rom dîferen perspecîves and researc radîîons. hroug ard work and dedîcaîon durîng îs enure as Mwaîmu Juîus Nyerere Caîr, Pro. Sîvjî was abe o draw exraordînary Arîcan mînds o a îgy respeced and coveed Annua Nyerere ïneecua Fesîva a was ed commemoraîvey and purposeuy on e Lae Presîden’s bîrday. hîs presîgîous annua even remaîns o be e maîn cornersone în e pan-Arîcan dîaogue and î as eaured e Annua Dîsînguîsed Nyerere Lecurer. So ar, e Unîversîy as ad e peasure o osîng Ive Dîsînguîsed Nyerere Lecurers; Proessor Woe Soyînka (2009), Pro. Samîr Amîn (200), Proessor Bereke Habe Seassîe (20), Proessor Mîcere Mugo (202) and Proessor handîka Mukandawîre (203). Wî e varîed acîvîîes acîîaed and osed by e Caîr, î gîves me îmmense peasure o pen e oreword o îs voume a îs a coecîon o e ecures deîvered by e dîsînguîsed Nyerere Lecurers durîng e enure o Proessor ïssa Sîvjî.

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Readîng îs voume, ï am no surprîsed a e convîcîon and dedîcaîon o eac o e ecurers o e Arîcan Moerand. As varîed as eîr perspecîves may be, ey sî provîde relecîve souîons o some o e probems experîenced în eîr ome counrîes, Tanzanîa and Arîca în genera. ï rus îs book wî add îneres, îdenîy and res înkîng on ow Arîcans move orward ogeer by promoîng, wî îg socîa and rus capîa, Pan-Arîcanîsm and e Arîcan Renaîssance o ener an era were poîcîes and acîons are deermîned by e unîed agency o ree Arîcans e word over. he înaugura Nyerere Annua Lecure, enîedNew Imperîaîsms, was deîvered by e Irs Dîsînguîsed Nyerere LecurerandîerarygîanProessorWoeSoyînkawoexpored e muîaceed conceps and pracîces o împerîaîsm, and reaed ese conceps o pas and presen uman experîences around e word, încudîng Arîca. ïn a capîvaîng manner, Proessor Soyînka akes e reader roug e compex erraîn o pas and presen empîre buîdîng endencîes, wîe îumînaîng e accompanyîng uman suferîngs. A e way roug e ong journey, e uses unconvenîona and creaîve approaces o undersandîng e workîngs o oday’s împerîaîsms and eîr negaîve consequences on e majorîy o umanîy. hrougou îs exposîîon, e maînaîns a deep concern wî e uure o e majorîy o umanîy în e ace o e ever încreasîng înjusîces. Sîmîary, Proessor Samîr Amîn, e second Dîsînguîsed Nyerere Lecurer, ecured onhe Long Wak o Socîaîsm, wîc îs uy reproduced în îs pubîcaîon. he ecurer dwe on e penomenon o goba împerîaîsm and ouîned îs ar-reacîng consequences on e îves o e poor peopes o e word. he ecure, owever, dîd no sar and end wî desperae amenaîons. ïnsead, Proessor Amîn commîed muc more energy în sowîng e ragîîy o e goba

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capîaîs accumuaîon, e wordwîde crîses o capîaîsm îusraîve o a îneren weakness, and e poenîa capabîîy o e vîcîms o goba accumuaîon around e word o emancîpae emseves roug varîous kînds o srugges. hus, îke eArusa Decaraîon,Amîn’s Proessor ecures spe ou possîbîîîes or e emancîpaîon o e ordînary peope o e word wo, despîe beîng orougy înegraed în goba capîaîsm, ave îronîcay remaîned vîcîms raer an beneIcîarîes o a înegraîon. He învîes readers o joîn ands în consîuîng “a crîîca mass o îneecuas” wo mîg brîng up an “auenîc renaîssance o înkîng a îs audacîous, îndependen and up o e caenge”. he îrd coecîon o îs voume a consîue îs pubîcaîon îs enîedFrom Coonîa Borders o Afrîcan Unîypresened by e îrd Dîsînguîsed Nyerere Lecurer, Proessor Bereke H. Seassîe. Proessor Seassîe aemps o synesîse wo opposîng perspecîves on Pan-Arîcanîsm. On one and e depoys anayîc oos o demonsrae e grea srîdes and successes made by e Pan-Arîcan movemen rom îs începîon în e Arîcan Dîaspora, roug e decades o e OAU eadersîp, and uîmaey o e înîîaîves beîng underaken curreny by e Arîcan Unîon. On e oer and, e auor candîdy examînes e oten rugged erraîn roug wîc e spîrî o Arîcan unîy as raveed over e decades and îdenîIes unorunae sebacks as we as os opporunîîes. hereore, wîe airmîng a “e oundîng prîncîpes or Arîcan Unîy ave been aîd down” e does no sy away rom saîng e bîer ru, a “Pan-Arîcanîsm îs sî a dîsan dream”. he merîs o îs approac canno be overempasîzed sînce ey requîre us o be ones în assessîng our îsory and curren cîrcumsances, bu we mus aso remaîn opîmîsîc and ocussed în e pursuî o our nobe objecîves. No eas among ese îs e need o orge a sronger and susaînabe Arîcan unîy.

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Ceary dîsînguîsîng erse rom prevîous ecurers în e serîes, Proessor Mîcere Mugo cose a opîc a may a Irs seem ar removed rom e radîîona parance în Pan- Arîcanîs dîscourse. Bu îs doub îs însany dîspeed as soon as one gaîns an însîg îno e conens and spîrî o e ecure. ïndeed, weer one was presen a e even or as jus ad e opporunîy o read îs pubîsed versîon o e ecure, î easîy comes o mînd a Proessor Mugo’s conrîbuîon on îs parîcuar occasîon consîues a compee esîs: a e essence oPan-Afrîcanîsm îs îberaîon of e Afrîcan mînd and body from oppressîon and expoîaîon; a e Pan-Arîcanîs movemen as îsorîcay proceeded and soud conînue o orge aead by creaîng “îberaed zones” wîîn “occupîed errîorîes” on e gobe and în e mînds o Arîcans; and e ar and anguage, undersood as “îndîspensabe aspecs o cuure”, are bo avenues or creaîng îberaîng zones and efecîve oos or îberaîng oer avenues, suc as e poîîca and economîc domaîns. Proessor Mugo demonsraes pracîcaîy by brîely surveyîng e îsorîca experîences o Arîcans în e Dîaspora and în coonîa Arîca. Se sows în eac case ow oppressed communîîes o Arîcans paînuy bu successuy creaed îberaed zones and worked rom ose encaves. Among oer îngs, se pays omage o Mwaîmu Juîus Nyerere and recognîzes îs conrîbuîons o e advancemen o Pan- Arîcanîsm în grea deaî. ïn keepîng wî e rus o er esîs, se îgîgs Mwaîmu’s acîve parîcîpaîon în e promoîon o Arîcan cuure, and ereater, se ampîIes îs roe în creaîng îberaed zones wîîn cuure. ïn e end, Proessor Mugo conveys a cear message, wîc îs a e war agaîns împerîaîsm and neo-coonîa oppressîon mus be oug rom muîpe avenues, încudîng ar and anguage as împoran aspecs o cuure.

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he as pîece o îs pubîcaîon îs e ecure by e Fît Dîsînguîsed Nyerere Lecurer, Proessor handîka Mkandawîre enîedFîty Years of Afrîcan Independence; Persona relecîons.îs ecure, Proessor Mkandawîre ïn ofers îs relecîons on e rajecory o deveopmens în e Arîcan conînen sînce îndependence, and uîmaey îns on e uure o e conînen and er peope. Hîs accoun îs bo excîîng and îneecuay caengîng, wî îs emînence derîvîng no so muc rom deaîîng e deveopmena andscapes o Arîca durîng e Irs Ity years, as rom probîng împoran emes and provîdîng nuanced and oten cauîous expanaîons o wa ranspîred. Wî occasîona reerences o îs persona experîence, Proessor Mkandawîre candîdy dîscusses e reaîsîc and uopîan aspîraîons o e Irs generaîon o Arîcan naîonaîs eaders, e cear and saded meanîngs o e decoonîsaîon experîence, e gaîns and os opporunîîes o e Irs decade o îndependence, e unorunae and ong-asîng reversas o e 980s and 990s, and e promîsîng deveopmen poenîas o e curren conjuncure. As e navîgaes e compex urns and wîss o e Arîcan economîc and poîîca reaîy o e îndependence era, Proessor Mkandawîre ceary sows no ony e agency o e goba împerîaîs orces bu aso e predîcamen o Arîcan poîîca eadersîp wen caug în e raps oten se by e agens o împerîaîsm. Towards e end, e auor ocuses on e uure and ofers îs persona opîmîsm by empasîzîng a Arîca soud do beer î se adops wo prîncîpes: democraîc poîîcs and coecîve se- reîance. ï îs precîsey a îs poîn a e ecure efecîvey înks wî e pan-Arîcan agenda o e Juîus Nyerere Caîr, wîc was ceebraîng îs It annîversary on e occasîon. Wîe admîîng a no muc as been acîeved în uIîng e agenda, Proessor Mkandawîre beîeves a e dream o a unîed Arîca can be reaîsed by ransormîng PanArîcanîsm