Revolt and Protest: Student Politics and Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa (International Library of African Studies)

Cover ; Contents; Maps, Figures and Tables; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Foreword by David Seddon; Introduction; 1. Politics, Students and Protest: The Making of the Student Intelligentsia; 2. Contemporary Student Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa; 3. Reform, Revolt and Student Activism in Zimbabwe; 4. Political Change and Student Resistance in Senegal; 5. Students of the Transition Speak: The Meaning of Student Protest; Conclusion: The Return of the Student Intelligentsia? ; Notes; Appendix: List of Interviews; Index.;The evolution of student activism in sub-Saharan Africa is crucial to understanding the process of democratic struggle and change in Africa. Focusing on the recent period of 'democratic transitions' in the 1990s, Leo Zeilig discusses the widespread involvement of student activism in democratic struggles across contemporary Africa and focuses on two case studies, Senegal and Zimbabwe. He provides an historical examination of the student-intelligentsia on the continent that played a crucial role in the independence struggles across much of Africa, leading and organising nationalist movements and. NJR - do not use this blurb in its raw form. This book examines the evolution of student activism in sub-Saharan Africa, focusing on the recent period of 'democratic transitions' in the 1990s. While it looks in detail at two case studies, Senegal and Zimbabwe, it discusses the widespread involvement of student activism in democratic struggles across contemporary Africa. The study is also an historical examination of the student-intelligentsia on the continent that played a crucial role in the independence struggles across much of the continent, leading and organising nationalist movements. The book makes a unique contribution to a neglected but vital area. It argues that through examining the evolution of student activism we can understand the processes of democratic struggle and change in Africa, and the development of grass-root activism. The research demonstrates how students shape and are shaped by national processes of political change and popular protest. Student protest in contemporary Africa reveals both the continuities and transformations in student activism in an era of austerity, crisis and poverty. "The evolution of student activism in sub-Saharan Africa is crucial to understanding the process of democratic struggle and change in Africa. Focusing on the recent period of 'democratic transitions' in the 1990s, Leo Zeilig discusses the widespread involvement of student activism in democratic struggles across contemporary Africa and focuses on two case studies, Senegal and Zimbabwe. He provides an historical examination of the student-intelligentsia on the continent that played a crucial role in the independence struggles across much of Africa, leading and organising nationalist movements and outlines the development of grass-root activism. Zeilig demonstrates how students shape and are shaped by national processes of political change and popular protest and reveals both the continuities and transformations in student activism in an era of austerity, crisis and poverty."--Bloomsbury Publishing. Politics, Students And Protest: The Making Of The Student Intelligentsia -- Contemporary Student Activism In Sub-saharan Africa -- Reform, Revolt And Student Activism In Zimbabwe -- Political Change And Student Resistance In Senegal -- Students Of The Transition Speak: The Meaning Of Student Protest. Leo Zeilig. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 274-326) And Index.