New Books from Fahamu Books

Eurocentrism, Samir Amin

Sun, 15 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Since its publication 20 years ago, Eurocentrism has become a classic of radical thought. Written by one of the world's foremost political economists, this provocative essay takes on one of the great 'ideological deformations' of our time: Eurocentrism.

Reforming Contemporary African States

Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Drawing on contributions from scholars at Moi University in Eldoret and the Oxford Transitional Justice Research group at the University of Oxford, Reforming Contemporary African States provides leading analysis on the crisis in Kenya.

Understanding the Somalia Conflagration, Afyare Abdi Elmi

Tue, 15 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Devastated by a US-backed Ethiopian invasion and years of civil war, Somalia has long been without a central government. Against this background of violence and instability, Somali-born Afyare Abdi Elmi attempts to find a peace-building consensus.

Africa's Liberation: The Legacy of Nyerere, Emeka Anyaoku, Ana Camacho, Horace Campbell, Seithy Chachage, Ng'wanza Kamata, Faustin Kamuzora, Helen Kijo-Bisimba, Chris Maina Peter, Salma Maoulidi, Marjorie Mbilinyi, Neema Ndunguru, Haroub Othman, Nawal El Saadawi, Mohamed Sahnoun, Issa G. Shivji, Vicensia Shule

Thu, 27 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Following on from Pambazuka News's special issue on former Tanzanian president and pan-Africanist icon Julius Nyerere, Africa's Liberation: The Legacy of Nyerere explores his influence on contemporary Pan-Africanism.

Speaking Truth to Power: Selected Pan-African Postcards, Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem

Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem's death on African Liberation Day stunned the Pan-African world. This selection of his Pan-African Postcards demonstrates the brilliant wordsmith he was, his commitment to Pan-Africanism and determination to speak truth to power.

To Cook a Continent, Nnimmo Bassey

Sat, 15 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Given his many years of experience as executive director of Friends of the Earth Nigeria, Nnimmo Bassey is well placed to suggest how Africa can overcome the crises of its environment and global warming.

Hopes on the Horizon, Onyekachi Wambu

Sat, 01 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100

In the 1990s, after years of collapsing economies, structural adjustment, and the tightening of political space, civil society in Africa made a dramatic comeback.

SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa, Sokari Ekine, Nathan Eagle, Ken Banks, Redante Asuncion-Reed, Anil Naidoo, Amanda Atwood, Christiana Charles-Iyoha, Becky Faith, Joshua Goldstein, Christian Kreutz, Tanya Notley, Juliana Rotich, Berna Twanza Ngolobe, Bukeni Waruzi

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

SMS Uprising: Mobile Activism in Africa brings together the experiences of activists using mobile phone technology on the African continent as well as providing understanding of the socio-economic, political and media contexts which activists face.

From Citizen to Refugee, Mahmood Mamdani

Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

What was it like to be an Asian in Uganda when Idi Amin announced his expulsion order? In this re-publication of 1972's original, Mahmood Mamdani describes the feelings experienced by Uganda's Asians and tells of their camps' political culture.

The Burden of Peace

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Peace has returned to Kenya after the violence that erupted in the wake of the disputed elections in 2007. Yet for many of the country's women - killed or widowed, maimed and gang-raped, displaced and dispossessed - this is not their peace.

En finir avec la d�pendance � l'aide, Yash Tandon

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Developing countries reliant on aid want to escape this dependence, and yet they appear unable to do so. This book shows how they may liberate themselves from the aid that pretends to be developmental but is not.

Development and Globalisation: Daring to Think Differently, Yash Tandon

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

This book challenges the misdirected policies of the last 30 years. It offers alternative concepts and paradigms of development for policy makers and peoples' movements on wide-ranging issues. It invites readers to 'dare to think differently'.

The Crash of International Finance-Capital and its Implications for the Third World, Dani Wadada Nabudere

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The Crash of International Finance-Capital first appeared in 1987 after the 19 October 'Black Monday' crash. Though written in response to 1980s financial developments, the book's themes reflect contemporary economic conditions and Nabudere's prescience.