{"product_id":"a-certain-amount-of-madness-9780745337579","title":"A Certain Amount of Madness","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCelebrating and critiquing the life of one of Africa’s most important anti-imperialist leaders\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The legendary Thomas Sankara - hero, revolutionary leader, anti-imperialist - receives deserving analytical treatment from the most prominent radical voices here assembled for one the greatest sons of Africa. The book enhances our understanding of the pragmatism of politics, the rhetoric of revolutionary actions, and the resurgence of reactionary forces. A must read'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Toyin Falola, Honorary Professor, University of Cape Town, University Distinguished Professor and Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, The University of Texas at Austin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This book by a wide range of committed scholars, including, crucially, a significant number of African scholars, is a necessary and illuminating intervention. The Sankara that emerges here is more than 'Africa's Che Guevara', a man whose ideas and politics are 'rich with a thousand nuances' that distinguish them from other forms of Marxism and Pan-Africanism. Sankara comes alive in all his complexity'\u003c\/p\u003e -- Sean Jacobs, Associate Professor of International Affairs at The New School and Founder and Editor, Africa is a Country\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword by Horace G. Campbell \u003cbr\u003e  Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e  Introduction by Amber Murrey\u003cbr\u003e  Part I: Life and Revolution\u003cbr\u003e  1. Military Coup, Popular Revolution or Militarised Revolution?: Contextualising the Revolutionary Ideological Courses of Thomas Sankara and the National Council of the Revolution - De-Valera N.Y.M. Botchway and Moussa Traore\u003cbr\u003e  2. The Perils of Non-Alignment: Thomas Sankara and the Cold War - Brian Peterson \u003cbr\u003e  3. Thomas Sankara and the Elusive Revolution - Leo Zeilig\u003cbr\u003e  4. When Visions Collide: Thomas Sankara, Trade Unions and the Revolution in Burkina Faso, 1983-1987 - Craig Phelan\u003cbr\u003e  5. Africa’s Sankara: On Pan-African Leadership - Amber Murrey\u003cbr\u003e  6. Who Killed Thomas Sankara? - Bruno Jaffré\u003cbr\u003e  7. ‘Incentivized’ Self-Adjustment: Reclaiming Sankara’s Revolutionary Austerity from Corporate Geographies of Neoliberal Erasure - Nicholas A. Jackson\u003cbr\u003e  Part II: Political Philosophies \u003cbr\u003e  8. Madmen, Thomas Sankara and Decoloniality in Africa - Ama Biney\u003cbr\u003e  9. With the People: Sankara’s Humanist Marxism - Ernest Harsch \u003cbr\u003e  10. Thomas Sankara \u0026amp; Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem: The Untimely Deaths of Two New Generation African Visionaries - Patricia Daley\u003cbr\u003e  11. Women's Freedoms are the Heartbeat of Africa's Future: A Sankarian Imperative - Patricia McFadden\u003cbr\u003e  12. Re-Reading Sankara’s Philosophy for a Praxeology of Debt in Contemporary Times - Sakue-C. Yimovie\u003cbr\u003e  13. Sankara’s Political Ideas and Pan-African Solidarity: A Perspective for Africa’s Development? - Felix Kumah-Abiwu and Olusoji Alani Odeyemi\u003cbr\u003e  14. ‘Revolution and Women’s Liberation Go Together’: Thomas Sankara, Gender and the Burkina Faso Revolution - Namakula  E. Mayanja\u003cbr\u003e  Part III: Legacies\u003cbr\u003e  15. Balai Citoyen: A New Praxis of Citizen Fight with Sankarist Inspirations - Zakaria Soré\u003cbr\u003e  16. La Santé Avant Tout: Health Before Everything - T. D. Harper-Shipman\u003cbr\u003e  17. Social Movement Struggles and Political Transition in Burkina Faso - Bettina Engles\u003cbr\u003e  18. To Decolonize the World: Thomas Sankara and the ‘Last Colony’ in Africa - Patrick Delices\u003cbr\u003e  19. ‘Daring to Invent the Future’: Sankara’s Legacy and Contemporary Activism in South Africa - Levi Kabwato and Sarah Chiumbu\u003cbr\u003e  Part IV: Contestations and Homages \u003cbr\u003e  20. The Academy as Contested Space: Disappearing Sankara from the ‘Acceptable Avant-Garde’ - Nicholas A. Jackson\u003cbr\u003e  21. Art and the Construction of a ‘Sankara Myth’: A Hero Trend in Contemporary Burkinabè Urban \u0026amp; Revolutionary Propaganda Art - Sophie Bodénès Cohen\u003cbr\u003e  22. Slanted Photography: Reflections on Sankara and My Peace Corps Experience in Burkina Faso - Celestina Agyekum\u003cbr\u003e  23. ‘We Are the Children of Sankara’: Memories as Weapons during the Burkinabe Uprisings of 2014 and 2015 - Fiona Dragstra\u003cbr\u003e  Afterword by Aziz Salmone Fall\u003cbr\u003e  Notes on Contributors \u003cbr\u003e  Index","brand":"Pluto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865699037527,"sku":"9780745337579","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780745337579.jpg?v=1722275161","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/a-certain-amount-of-madness-9780745337579","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}