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Waiting for emancipation: the prospects for liberal revolution in Africa

Clearly, trade and finance are not organized, in Africa or the world at large, with a view to liberating a popular movement.

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open Movements

The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles.

South Africa miners strike following the Marikana massacre, 2012.
South Africa miners strike following the Marikana massacre, 2012.

South Africa miners strike following the Marikana massacre, 2012. Demotix/Jonny White. All rights reserved.We live in a racist world. Despite the collapse of European empire and the formal adoption of a façade of international bureaucracy, the vast majority of black Africans are still waiting for meaningful emancipation from their perceived social inferiority.