Africa uprising : popular protest and political change

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Overview: For a long time now, Africa’s political landscape has been wracked by violence. In recent years, however, a more positive force has risen in response to that violence: popular protest. Countries throughout the continent, from Tunisia and Egypt to Uganda and Senegal, have witnessed uprisings by a wide variety of people—the young, the unemployed, organized laborers, civil society activists, writers, artists, and religious groups. What is driving this massive wave of popular protest in Africa? Content: Acknowledgments1. Protests and Possibilities2. Mobs or Mobilizers? Nkrumah, Fanon and Anti-Colonial Protest3. A Democratic Transition? Anti-Austerity Protests and the Limits of Reform4. The Third Wave of African protest5. The Precipitous Rise and Fall of Occupy Nigeria6. Political Walking in Uganda7. Protest and Counter-Protest in Ethiopia8. 'We are Fed Up!' Sudan's Unfinished UprisingsConclusion: Africa in a World of ProtestNotesReferencesIndex