African anarchism : the history of a movement / by Sam Mbah & I.E. Igariwey.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]-111) and index.

Machine generated contents note: 1. What Is Anarchism? -- definitions; attitudes toward capitalism, the state, religion, and other hierarchical -- institutions; positive aspects-voluntary cooperation, mutual aid, decentralization, -- horizontal organization, individual autonomy; what anarchism is not (chaos, -- terrorism); origins of anarcho-syndicalism -- 2. Anarchism in History -- Marx and Bakunin; the First Interational; disagreement over the role of the state; -- relationship to syndicalism and guild socialism -- 3. Anarchistic Precedents in Africa -- anarchic elements in African traditional societies; African communalism; political -- organization under communalism; administration of justice; traditional religions; -- age grades; secret societies; eonomic aspects; work specialization, trade, and the -- breakdown of communalism; stateless societies in Africa; the Igbo; the Niger -- Delta peoples; the Tallensi; colonialism and the incorporation of Africa into the -- world capitalist economy; economic aspects of colonialism; the colonial -- educational system; class formation in post-colonial Africa; function of different -- classes in post-colonial economies; African socialism; is there an African -- anarchism?; anarchistic elements in African socialism-Julius Nyerere and -- Ujamaa; anarchist groups in South Africa and Nigeria -- 4. The Development of Socialism in Africa -- class formation under colonialism; cooptation of local leaders; the trade union -- movement and the liberation struggle in Africa; the Nigerian labor union -- movement; lack of revolutionary perspective in Nigerian labor unions; the South -- African labor movement; foundation of Communist Party in South Africa; the -- "revolution" in Guinea; Sekou Toure and the Democratic Party of Guinea; the -- Awareness League in Nigeria -- 5. The Failure of Socialism in Africa -- ideology and economic development; failure of Guinean "revolution"; lessons -- from Guinean failure; Tanzania, Julius Nyerere and Ujamaa socialism; reasons -- for failure of Ujamaa socialism; additional failures of "African socialism"- -- Ethiopia, Burkina Faso; state capitalism and instability; one-party ideologies and -- depoliticization; military interventions and their effects; political corruption and -- social instability-case studies of Ghana and Nigeria; the IMF's structural -- adjustment programs (SAPs), electoralism, and Africa's future; economic and -- social effects of SAPs; constitutional conventions; the human rights question; -- repression in Nigeria, Libya, Ghana, and Zimbabwe -- 6. Obstacles to the Development of Anarchism in Africa -- colonial education and its aftermath; the Western-style legal system; the military; -- ethnic versus class consciousness; religious and cultural factors; the need for -- international solidarity -- 7. Anarchism's Future in Africa -- anarchism in a world context; the crises of capitalism and marxist "socialism"; -- Africa's dire economic situation; anarchism and the national question; -- anarchism-the only way out for Africa.

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