Reimagining Pan-Africanism: distinguished Mwalimu Nyerere lecture series 2009-2013: Wole Soyinka, Samir Amin, Bereket Habte Selassie, Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo, Thandika Mkandawire

In the nineteen 60s and 70s, the University of Dar es salaam was recognised internationally as a great academic institution, and the site of anti-colonialist, anti-imperialist, socialist studies and activism. With the onslaught of neo-liberalism beginning with Structural Adjustment Programmes in Tanzania in the mid 80s, the university was one of its prime targets; subjected to numerous pressures designed to extinguish the flames of revolutionary scholarship and activism. The establishment in 2008 of the Mwalimu Nyerere Chair on Pan - Africanism with Professor Issa Shivji as its first Chairman, and the annual Distinguished Nyerere Lectures Series inaugurating annual intellectual festivals was, in Professor Shivji's introduction to this volume of collected lectures, "the resurrection of radical Pan-Africanism at the University of Dar es salaam." The impact of the festivals and the lectures went well beyond the university community, as substantial number of the participants at these lectures and debates were citizen intellectuals, not part of the university community. The calibre of the distinguished lecturers speaks for itself; there could be no better representation of progressive African intellectuals honouring the legacy of Mwalimu Nyerere, than Professors Wole Soyinka, Samir Amin, Bereket Habte Selassie, Micere Githae Mugo and Thandika Mkandawire whose lectures are published in this book. Cover Title page Copyright page Contents Foreword Introduction. Resurrecting Radical Pan-Africanism 1. New Imperialisms About the author. Professor Wole Soyinka New Imperialisms I. Whose Empire Is It Anyway? New Imperialisms II. Anything to do with Slavery? Vote of Thanks to Wole Soyinka 2. Long Road to Socialism About the author. Professor Samir Long Road to Socialism I. The end of the crisis of capitalism or capitalism in crisis? Capitalism, a parenthesis in history From one long crisis to another Crisis of capitalism or capitalism in crisis? The second wave of emancipation by the people: a “remake” of the twentieth century or better? Towards a second wave of victorious struggles for the emancipation of workers and peoples Long Road to Socialism II. The north/south conflict remains central in the socialist perspective Defeating military control of the planet by imperialists Democracy associated with social progress “The environment” or the socialist perspective of use value? The ecological question and so-called sustainable development “Aid”, an additional tool for controlling vulnerable countries Poverty, civil society, good governance: the poor rhetoric of the dominant discourse Conventional economics: an ideological instrument that is central to capitalist reproduction The North-South Conflict in Globalisation in Crisis Vote of Thanks to Samir Amin 3. From Colonial Borders to African Unity About the author. Citation for Professor Bereket Habte Selassie Introductory Remarks From Colonial Borders to African Unity I Post-colonial Pan-Africanism. A Historical and Biographical Testament Origin of the Pan-African Idea Négritude and the French Pan-African Connection What is Négritude? Nkrumah and African Unity From a Government-based to a People-based Conference The All African Peoples Conference The Seductive Power of Nationalism Nkrumah and the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Pan-Africanism and Self Determination Conclusion From Colonial Borders to African Unity II Pan-Africanism and Problems of African Nation-Statehood in the Age of Globalization: The Dialectic of the Universal and the Local As if an angel whispered in their ears Core Values as Mediating Principles Democracy National Unity and Stability Rule of Law and Human Rights Sustainable Development Social Justice Africa and the Challenge of Globalization Conclusion Vote of Thanks to Professor Bereket Habte Selassie 4. Art, Artists and the Flowering of Pan-Africana Liberated Zone About the author. Professor Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo Art, Artists and the Flowering of Pan-Africana Liberated Zones Point of Entry: Hodi! Hodi! Prelude Dialogue Cycle 1: Call and Response... Dialogue Cycle 2: Paying Mwalimu Homage ... Dialogue Cycle 3: Grounding Basic Concepts... Dialogue Cycle 4: In Praise of Art and Artists in Liberation Zones... Dialogue Cycle 5: Palaver on African Orature Dialogue Cycle 6: Selected African Writers Imagining Liberated Zones... Dialogue Cycle 7: Highlights on Liberated Zones... Dialogue Cycle 8: Special Spotlight on Orature as a “Return to the Source!”... Dialogue Cycle 9: Illustrative Details... Dialogue Cycle 10: Mwalimu and the Flowering of Liberated Zones ... Exit Point Vote of Thanks for Mĩcere Gĩthae Mũgo A Fighter Through and Through By M.M. Mulokozi 5. Fifty Years of African Independence: Personal Reflections About the author. Professor Thandika Mkandawire Fifty years of African Independence Personal Reflections What did Africans expect from Independence? The Challenges of Independence The Challenge of Neo-colonialism The Challenge of Social Differentiation The Challenge of Democracy The Challenge of the International Economic Order New democracies Economic Recovery Africa’s Challenge and Prospects Industrialisation Once Again Conclusion References Vote of Thanks For Thandika Mkandawire Back cover