Nationalism and National Projects in Southern Africa

New Critical Reflections

Finex Ndhlovu & Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni

Africa Institute of South Africa
Pretoria
2013
English
Paperback
376 pages

Synopsis

Despite the fact that nationalism and its national projects have in recent years been severely criticised by postcolonial theorists for being fundamentalist and essentialist; by feminists for being patriarchal and exclusive; by global financial institutions for being antagonistic to development and globalisation; by Pan-Africanists for being anticontinental unity; and by those Africans born after decolonisation for being irrelevant; Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Finex Ndhlovu's book convincingly argues that nationalism has defied its death and displayed remarkable resilience and resonance.

Review

The editors have brought together a vast compendium of knowledge that challenges the Eurocentric epistemic colonisation of Africa. - Yash Tandon, Pambazuka

Authors

Finex Ndhlovu is Senior Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at the University of New England, Australia. He has published a number of studies in the field of language and society studies.

Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is Research professor and Director of Scholarship in the Department of Leadership and Transformation (DLT) in the Principal and Vice-Chancellor's Office at the University of South Africa.