Fanonian Practices in South Africa From Steve Biko to Abahlali baseMjondolo [Paperback]

Examines Frantz Fanon's relevance to contemporary South African politics and by extension research on postcolonial Africa and the tragic development of postcolonies. Scholar Nigel C. Gibson offers theoretically informed historical analysis, providing insights into the circumstances that led to the current hegemony of neoliberalism in South Africa.Amandla is Still Awethu: Fanonian Practices in Post-apartheid South AfricaBiko's Fanonian PracticesThe Pitfalls of South Africa's LiberationThe New 'reality of the nation': The Rich and the PoorUnfinished Struggles for Freedom: The Birth of a New Shack Dwellers' MovementXenophobia or a New Humanism? Fanon in the ShacksIn Place of a Conclusion

A highly important work that illustrates the relevance of Fanon's philosophy of liberation to the socio-economic and political developments in South Africa - African Studies Quarterly

Gibson's book is another serious piece of work on the state of post-apartheid South African society, which critics of the negotiated settlement that ended apartheid insist remains in the economic inequality that characterised the apartheid era. - Commonwealth and Comparative Politics

This is a refreshing and imaginative reading of Frantz Fanon's groundbreaking thoughts regarding the theory and practice of revolutionary transformation. Nigel Gibson has found an exciting voice to re-energise the transformation discourse in post-apartheid South Africa. - City Press

This book is of great value ... Gibson has also shown how a critique of independence at another time and place in Africa can aid our understanding of the current predicament. - New Agenda

Gibson provides an analytical paradigm and a convincing argument that Fanon remains current and compatible with contemporary realities. Recommended. - CHOICE

The book contains much of considerable theoretical value from one of the world's foremost Fanon sclÃ