Revolutionary Movements in Africa

'This collection covers over a dozen french and english speaking countries from all parts of Africa [enabling] readers to grasp the true revolutionary moment of the african anti-colonial and anti-neocolonial political and social movements. A majority of the authors are african academics with activist credentials [who] present genuine new information gained from original historical research. Twenty-first century radicals should find new inspiration for action in this untold history.' -- Jean Copans, african anthropologist and sociologist 'From the Tubu nomads of northern Chad to peasants, workers and students throughout the African continent, we see how the leaders of these social strata can use old and new ideas to mobilize emancipatory struggles for change. The editors of this volume are to be congratulated for making it possible. We hope to read more studies of great revolutionary movements leaders like Amilcar Cabral, Chris Hani, Ibrahima Abatcha, Thomas Sankara, Ruben Um Nyobe, and Pierre Mulele.' -- Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, Professor of African and Global Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 'An incredible book ... Activists whose voices have long been silenced, many of them Africans with first-hand knowledge of political struggle, here recall their demands and their actions to confront oppression, and how they organised workers, students, and other collectivities of the repressed. Thought-provoking and powerful.' -- Janet Bujra, 'Review of African Political Economy' 'A remarkable volume on the vicissitudes of the revolutionary left in post-independence Africa. The volume bravely attempts to tell an untold story which continues to unfold in the more repressive milieu of neo-liberalism in the midst of the beating of new 'cold war' drums. A pioneer work which hopefully will inspire a couple more to complete what is essentially a 'work in progress'.' -- Issa Shivji, Professor Emeritus at the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania