African Futures

The essays in this collection are written to make readers (re)consider what is possible in Africa. The essays shake the tree of received wisdom and received categories, and hone in on the complexities of life under ecological and economic constraints. Yet, throughout this volume, people do not emerg...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Greiner, Clemens (Editor), Greiner, Clemens, editor (editor), Bollig, Michael, editor, Wolputte, Steven van, editor, Leuven, KU, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill 2022
2022.
Colección:Africa-Europe Group for Interdisciplinary Studies ; 27.
Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2022.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009660218706719
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Sumario:The essays in this collection are written to make readers (re)consider what is possible in Africa. The essays shake the tree of received wisdom and received categories, and hone in on the complexities of life under ecological and economic constraints. Yet, throughout this volume, people do not emerge as victims, but rather as inventors, engineers, scientists, planners, writers, artists, and activists, or as children, mothers, fathers, friends, or lovers – all as future-makers. It is precisely through agents such as these that Africa is futuring: rethinking, living, confronting, imagining, and relating in the light of its many emerging tomorrows.
Notas:This collection brings together scholars from different disciplines. In short and provocative essays, they shine their light on the often ambivalent and contradictory possibilities and challenges people in Africa are facing. Africa, indeed, has many futures.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004471641
Acceso:Open access