Showing posts with label Donald Paul. Show all posts
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Saturday, 16 July 2011

Fanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondolo - a review by Donald Paul

Fanonian Practices in South Africa: From Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondolo Nigel C Gibson, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press
 
Review: Donald Paul, Independent Online

At a time when the “bloody agents” (normally referred to as the “media”) discuss Julius Malema’s skills as a leader versus Jacob Zuma’s cunning as a follower, Nigel Gibson, a visiting research fellow at the School of Developmental Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal, has produced a philosophically refreshing book on what constitutes a civil society and whether we can lay claim to it in our new democracy.