Collective mobilisations in Africa : mobilisations collectives en Afrique : enough is enough! / ca suffit! / edited by Kadya Tall, Marie-Emmanuelle Pommerolle, Michel Cahen.

Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • French
Published/​Created
  • Leiden : Koninklijke Brill NV, [2015]
  • ©2015
Description
xiv, 364 pages ; 24 cm.

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Series
  • African-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies (Series) ; v. 15. [More in this series]
  • Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies ; volume 15
Summary note
This book uses empirical research to bring together a broad range of protest contexts in twelve chapters. From the formation of Maroon societies in the early colonial period, to female mobilisation in authoritarian contexts, via urban youth culture, women or mineworkers in trade unionism, as well as pro- and anti- gay rights activists, the protagonists here all insist upon their rights to protest in a variety of ways. Sometimes popular protest is expressed through religion, often (and sometimes violently) by young people, exasperated by their long wait for social achievement. Electoral wars and the formation of militias reveal a geography of violence in urban areas, which, in some sectarian excesses, can be displaced to rural areas, as described in the study on Boko Haram.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
Contributions in English and French.
Other title(s)
Collective mobilisations in Africa
ISBN
  • 9789004293175 (pbk.)
  • 9004293175 (pbk.)
  • 9789004300002
  • 9004300007
LCCN
2015939303
OCLC
909251256
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