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I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.
Neoliberalism (Part III): Tracing Neoliberalism in Africa
Camaroff, L and Camaroff, J (2000). Millennial Capitalism: First Thoughts on a Second Coming. Durham, Duke University Press. Cooper, F (2014). Africa in the World. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press Mbembe, A (2001). On Postcolony. Los Angeles California:...
Africa and Neoliberalism (Part II): Is neoliberalism the cause of contemporary social, political, and economic problems in Africa?
Although neoliberalism as a theory is Euro-American centered, its influence or practical aspects has greatly affected economies of African countries. Western institutions such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank (WB) have been major conduits for...
Africa and Neoliberalism: A Short Introduction
Last semester I enrolled in a class on “Africa and (Neo)liberalism.” As part of the course requirements, I kept a weekly critical journal about the class readings. The following series of articles detail my observations throughout the 15 weeks the class lasted. What...
Simon Gikandi’s Slavery and the Culture of Taste (Part I)
Contrapuntal analysis will show that even when the lives of enslaved Africans were located at the opposite pole of modern identity and when their objectification was at odds with the triumphant subjectivism of modernity, slaves were intimately connected to the...
Why Choose a Narrative Mediator?