CODESRIA Bulletin, No 4, 2021

Abstract

In this issue

Editorial
Godwin R. Murunga & Ibrahim O. Ogachi .................................................1

Éditorial
Godwin R. Murunga & Ibrahim O. Ogachi ..................................................4

1. Retrospecting to Prospect: Quo Vadis AFRICA?
’Funmi Olonisakin..............................................................................7

2. Rethinking African Politics: The New Age of Political Parties
Peter Anyang’ Nyong’o.......................................................................17

3. The Dialectics of Maguphilia and Maguphobia
Issa Shivji........................................................................................23

4. A Rejoinder to Shivji’s ’Dialectics of Maguphilia and Maguphobia’
Dastan Kweka................................................................................33

5. Why Development and Transformative Social Policy Matter: Lessons of COVID-19 in Africa
Jìmí O. Adésínà............................................................................35

Reflections on Neither Settler Nor Native

6. Reading History from the Bottom Up - From Citizen and Subject to Neither Settler Nor Native
Ibrahim Abdallah........................................................................44

7. Why has Europe’s Past Become Africa’s Postcolonial Present? Refections on Mahmood Mamdani’s Ideas on Decolonising the Political Community
Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni........................................................ 48

8. Reimagining Decolonisation Today: A Review of Neither Settler nor Native
Adom Getachew........................................................................54

9. Neither Settler nor Native: A Response to My Critics
Mahmood Mamdani..................................................................58