Development naivety and emergent insecurities in a monopolised world
Subtitle: the politics and sociology of development in contemporary Africa
By: edited by Munyaradzi Mawere
Publisher: Langaa Research & Publishing CIG
Published: 2018
Place of publication: Bamenda, Cameroon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
ISBN-13: 9789956550982
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Economic development; Social conditions; Politics and government; Economic conditions
Description: It is common knowledge that development without security is like a runaway horse. Yet, development in Africa has been plagued by insecurities since the extractive periods of slave trade and colonialism. In spite of political independence and the euphoria of sovereignty as states, Africa has failed to address insecurity, which continues to loom large and to threaten aspirations towards truly inclusive and sustainable development. A consequence has been Africa's development naivety vis-à-vis the monopolisation of development by the predatory elite actors of the global North and their local facilitators. To salvage the continent from such predation and the insecurities engendered requires novel and innovative imagination and praxis. This book draws from both the haunted landscapes and bitter memories of past exploitations and from the feeding of the insatiable North with African resources and humanity. It brings together essays by a concerned generation of scholars driven by the urgent need for radical decolonisation of African development and its legacies of insecurities. It is handy to students and practitioners in economics, policy studies, political science, development studies, global and African studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: The (in)securities and futures of development in Africa / Munyaradzi Mawere; title: Development without the people? What has always missed in development paradigms "imposed" on Africa? / Nkwazi Mhango; title: 'Green bombers,' torture and terror : political security and the Nazi legacy in Zimbabwe, 2001-2009 / Fidelis Peter Thomas Duri; title: Building development bridges and resilience for Africa's marginalised communities : the 'magics' of value chain approach in resilience building and development pragmatics / Joseph Muroiwa; Solomon Mutambara & Munyaradzi Mawere; title: Land redistribution, justice and development in Africa : a religious survey of successes and failures of the land redistribution in Zimbabwe, 1985-2017 / Tobias Marevesa & Prosper Hellen Tlou; title: (In-)securities and ethical dilemmas of the field : reflections on insecurities and ethical dilemmas encountered by male researchers in a South African place / Andile Mayekiso & Munyaradzi Mawere; title: Chaos and (in)security in the nether : repressive media policies in Zimbabwe in the age of political paranoia / Last Alfandika; title: Cyber communications, social media and national security : reflections on the laws governing social media and online communications in Zimbabwe / Golden Maunganidze; title: Fish farming and aquaculture in Zimbabwe : revisiting Zimbabwe's aquaculture development enigma through the lenses of regulatory framework / Henry Chiwaura & Munyaradzi Mawere; title: Extractive engagement of key value chain actors : the major barrier to resilient livelihoods and economic growth for rural farmers in Zimbabwe? / Solomon Mutambara; title: Herdsmen, farmers and the national security under threat : unveiling the farmers and Fulani herdsmen violence and conflicts in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria / Odeigah, Theresa Nfam & Munyaradzi Mawere; title: The creation and performance of secure agricultural processes and practices in colonial Zimbabwe : tackling food and land tenure insecurity through learning resource conservation lessons from the Bromley Farming District / Simeon Maravanyika; title: Women, the poor and energy developmentalists on the margins : the politicisation of development by the global elites / Joseph Mupinga & Munyaradzi Mawere; title: The bitter harvest of militant agronomics in Mugabe's Zimbabwe, 2000-2017 / Fidelis Peter Thomas Duri; title: Reproductive health vulnerabilities and insecurities in Africa : reflections on the practices of indigenous family planning methods and the "modern" contraceptives in the Tshivenda culture of Zimbabwe / Kilibone Choeni; Silibaziso Mulea & Munyaradzi Mawere.