Lessons to Africa from Africa: Reclaiming Early Post-independence Progressive Policies
Case studies from across the continent detail African development alternatives formulated in areas across development planning, finance, industrialization and more, re-examined for today through a feminist lens.
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A Political Exchange for Development Alternatives
This five day political exchange that took place in Accra, Ghana, brought together a range of actors from different movements, sectors, and generations who are involved with contemporary struggles for African political and economic agency, and progressive alternatives to neoliberalism in Africa.
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ROAPE article on "Lessons to Africa from Africa"
African studies scholar Ray Bush published a review of PCT’s special issue of Africa Development in the renowned Review of African Political Economy (ROAPE).
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Why Post-Colonialisms Today
Hear from Post-Colonialisms Today, advisors, and researchers on why and how the insights from this era can act as a powerful starting point for confronting neoliberalism on the continent.
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Press Kit
Resources for the press on Post-Colonialisms Today's publication, Lessons to Africa from Africa.
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Lessons from Africa’s past for COVID-19​
How COVID-19 and other crises necessitates Africa’s structural transformation; highlighting lessons from the post-independence era.
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Reclaiming Africa’s early post-independence history
The task is to recapture progressive thought and policies from post-independence Africa for our times.
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Unfinished Liberatory Agendas
Explore the unfinished post-independence projects of Nkrumah and Nyerere, and lessons they pose for the contemporary moment.
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Food and the Struggle for Africa's Sovereignty
Discussing the quest for food sovereignty in post-independence Africa, and its relevance today when the continent’s main source of food is imports.
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Initial Researchers Meeting
Post-Colonialisms Today researchers came together for the first time to discuss the launch of the research phase for the PCT project.
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Intergenerational Meeting
Culminating a two- year research process, Post-Colonialisms Today members gathered to discuss the formation and launch of the advocacy phase of the project.
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Confronting the COVID-19 Crisis
Members of Post-Colonialisms Today discuss how the COVID-19 crisis in Africa has further exacerbated structural issues caused by colonialism and neoliberalism.
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Natural Resource Sovereignty
This virtual event analyzed the roots of primary commodity export dependence, offering cross-cutting lessons from the post-independence era on policy approaches to confront it.
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Publication Launch: Lessons from Africa to Africa
The launch spoke to the goal of the collection—to build African policy alternatives to neoliberalism.
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Legacy of the Post-Independence Era in Egypt
Massive changes to Egypt's economy and society under Nasser still echo today.
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Why Post-Colonialisms Today?
Hear from the project's Working Group, advisors, and researchers on why and how the insights from this era can act as a powerful starting point for confronting neoliberalism on the continent.
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Monetary Policy for Development, During and Beyond Crisis
Offers lessons on progressive monetary policy today, employing research on post-independence Tunisia.
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The Role of Central Planning in Development Today
Hear about policies in post-independence Ghana and Tanzania that tackled questions of financing development, meeting the needs of the working class, & transforming the structure of African economies.
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Post-Independence Conceptions of Sovereignty
Provides insight on the multiple conceptions of sovereignty in the post-independence era.
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