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Contextualises Archie Mafeje's work and thinking and adds to intellectual biographies of African intellectuals by African researchers. Part I discusses Mafeje's intellectual and political influences. Part II consists of seven of Mafeje's original articles and seeks to contextualise his writings. Part III reflects on Mafeje's intellectual legacy.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Part I: His Life
  • Introduction: locating Mafeje
  • Family background and influences
  • Intellectual and political background
  • Cambridge and beyond
  • Life in exile
  • Return from exile
  • Part II: His Voice
  • The Ideology of ‘Tribalism’
  • The Problem of Anthropology in Historical Perspective: An Inquiry into the Growth of the Social Sciences
  • On the Articulation of Modes of Production
  • Peasants in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Soweto and its Aftermath
  • South Africa: The Dynamics of a Beleaguered State
  • Democracy, Civil Society and Governance in Africa
  • Part III: His Legacy
  • Mafeje’s Legacy
  • Letter from Dana El-Baz to the CODESRIA Community
  • Select Bibliography
  • Permissions
  • Photos of Archie Mafeje

Archie Mafeje

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      Publisher: HSRC Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/12/2019
      ISBN13: 9780796925640, 978-0796925640
      ISBN10: 079692564X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Contextualises Archie Mafeje's work and thinking and adds to intellectual biographies of African intellectuals by African researchers. Part I discusses Mafeje's intellectual and political influences. Part II consists of seven of Mafeje's original articles and seeks to contextualise his writings. Part III reflects on Mafeje's intellectual legacy.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Part I: His Life
      • Introduction: locating Mafeje
      • Family background and influences
      • Intellectual and political background
      • Cambridge and beyond
      • Life in exile
      • Return from exile
      • Part II: His Voice
      • The Ideology of ‘Tribalism’
      • The Problem of Anthropology in Historical Perspective: An Inquiry into the Growth of the Social Sciences
      • On the Articulation of Modes of Production
      • Peasants in Sub-Saharan Africa
      • Soweto and its Aftermath
      • South Africa: The Dynamics of a Beleaguered State
      • Democracy, Civil Society and Governance in Africa
      • Part III: His Legacy
      • Mafeje’s Legacy
      • Letter from Dana El-Baz to the CODESRIA Community
      • Select Bibliography
      • Permissions
      • Photos of Archie Mafeje

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