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Mapping My Way Home
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Author : Stephanie Urdang
language : en
Publisher: NYU Press
Release Date : 2017-11-22
Mapping My Way Home written by Stephanie Urdang and has been published by NYU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-22 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Stephanie Urdang was born in Cape Town, South Africa, into a white, Jewish family staunchly opposed to the apartheid regime. In 1967, at the age of twenty-three, no longer able to tolerate the grotesque iniquities and oppression of apartheid, she chose exile and emigrated to the United States. There she embraced feminism, met anti-apartheid and solidarity movement activists, and encountered a particularly American brand of racial injustice. Urdang also met African revolutionaries such as Amilcar Cabral, who would influence her return to Africa and her subsequent journalism. In 1974, she trekked through the liberation zones of Guinea-Bissau during its war of independence; in the 1980’s, she returned repeatedly to Mozambique and saw how South Africa was fomenting a civil war aimed to destroy the newly independent country. From the vantage point of her activism in the United States, and from her travels in Africa, Urdang tracked and wrote about the slow, inexorable demise of apartheid that led to South Africa’s first democratic elections, when she could finally return home. Urdang’s memoir maps out her quest for the meaning of home and for the lived reality of revolution with empathy, courage, and a keen eye for historical and geographic detail. This is a personal narrative, beautifully told, of a journey traveled by an indefatigable exile who, while yearning for home, continued to question where, as a citizen of both South Africa and the United States, she belongs. “My South Africa!” she writes, on her return in 1991, after the release of Nelson Mandela, “How could I have imagined for one instant that I could return to its beauty, and not its pain?”
Mapping My Way Home
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Author : Neil J. Sterritt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-04
Mapping My Way Home written by Neil J. Sterritt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04 with categories.
"Today it is one of the most picturesque communities in all of BC--a tiny, tourism mecca nestled quietly in Gitxsan territory at the foot of an iconic mountain and bordered by two nurturing rivers. But as recently as 140 years ago the adjacent villages of Hazelton and Gitanmaax were the economic hub of northern British Columbia. Packers, traders, explorers, miners, surveyors and hundreds of tons of freight passed through every year. From Port Essington on the coast east to the Omineca gold fields, from Quesnel north to Telegraph Creek, author Neil Sterritt tells how the trails and the cultures of the north converged where the Skeena meets the Bulkley. Mapping My Way Home: A Gitxsan History is also the story of a people, recorded in both the oral and written traditions, and their adaptation to ever-changing geographies, cultural imperialism and economic opportunity. And finally it is the author's story. Born and raised in two cultures, Sterritt shares his journey from the wooden sidewalks of 1940s Hazelton to the world of international mining and back again to the Gitxsan ancestral village of Temlaham where he helped his people fight for what had always been theirs."--
Mapping My Way Home
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Author : Neil J Sterritt
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2016-04
Mapping My Way Home written by Neil J Sterritt and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04 with Gitanmaax (First Nation) categories.
"Today it is one of the most picturesque communities in all of BC--a tiny, tourism mecca nestled quietly in Gitxsan territory at the foot of an iconic mountain and bordered by two nurturing rivers. But as recently as 140 years ago the adjacent villages of Hazelton and Gitanmaax were the economic hub of northern British Columbia. Packers, traders, explorers, miners, surveyors and hundreds of tons of freight passed through every year. From Port Essington on the coast east to the Omineca gold fields, from Quesnel north to Telegraph Creek, author Neil Sterritt tells how the trails and the cultures of the north converged where the Skeena meets the Bulkley. Mapping My Way Home: A Gitxsan History is also the story of a people, recorded in both the oral and written traditions, and their adaptation to ever-changing geographies, cultural imperialism and economic opportunity. And finally it is the author's story. Born and raised in two cultures, Sterritt shares his journey from the wooden sidewalks of 1940s Hazelton to the world of international mining and back again to the Gitxsan ancestral village of Temlaham where he helped his people fight for what had always been theirs."--
Unbroken
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Author : Angela Sterritt
language : en
Publisher: Greystone Books Ltd
Release Date : 2023-05-30
Unbroken written by Angela Sterritt and has been published by Greystone Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-30 with Social Science categories.
"A remarkable life story. . . Angela Sterritt is a formidable storyteller and a passionate advocate."—Cherie Dimaline, author of The Marrow Thieves "Sterritt's story is living proof of how courageous Indigenous women are."—Tanya Talaga, author of Seven Fallen Feathers and All Our Relations Unbroken is an extraordinary work of memoir and investigative journalism focusing on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, written by an award-winning Gitxsan journalist who survived life on the streets against all odds. As a Gitxsan teenager navigating life on the streets, Angela Sterritt wrote in her journal to help her survive and find her place in the world. Now an acclaimed journalist, she writes for major news outlets to push for justice and to light a path for Indigenous women, girls, and survivors. In her brilliant debut, Sterritt shares her memoir alongside investigative reporting into cases of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Canada, showing how colonialism and racism led to a society where Sterritt struggled to survive as a young person, and where the lives of Indigenous women and girls are ignored and devalued. Growing up, Sterritt was steeped in the stories of her ancestors: grandparents who carried bentwood boxes of berries, hunted and trapped, and later fought for rights and title to that land. But as a vulnerable young woman, kicked out of the family home and living on the street, Sterritt inhabited places that, today, are infamous for being communities where women have gone missing or been murdered: Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, and, later on, Northern BC’s Highway of Tears. Sterritt faced darkness: she experienced violence from partners and strangers and saw friends and community members die or go missing. But she navigated the street, group homes, and SROs to finally find her place in journalism and academic excellence at university, relying entirely on her own strength, resilience, and creativity along with the support of her ancestors and community to find her way. “She could have been me,” Sterritt acknowledges today, and her empathy for victims, survivors, and families drives her present-day investigations into the lives of missing and murdered Indigenous women. In the end, Sterritt steps into a place of power, demanding accountability from the media and the public, exposing racism, and showing that there is much work to do on the path towards understanding the truth. But most importantly, she proves that the strength and brilliance of Indigenous women is unbroken, and that together, they can build lives of joy and abundance.
The Routledge History Of World Peace Since 1750
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Author : Christian Philip Peterson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-10-10
The Routledge History Of World Peace Since 1750 written by Christian Philip Peterson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-10 with History categories.
The Routledge History of World Peace since 1750 examines the varied and multifaceted scholarship surrounding the topic of peace and engages in a fruitful dialogue about the global history of peace since 1750. Interdisciplinary in nature, the book includes contributions from authors working in fields as diverse as history, philosophy, literature, art, sociology, and Peace Studies. The book crosses the divide between historical inquiry and Peace Studies scholarship, with traditional aspects of peace promotion sitting alongside expansive analyses of peace through other lenses, including specific regional investigations of the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and other parts of the world. Divided thematically into six parts that are loosely chronological in structure, the book offers a broad overview of peace issues such as peacebuilding, state building, and/or conflict resolution in individual countries or regions, and indicates the unique challenges of achieving peace from a range of perspectives. Global in scope and supported by regional and temporal case studies, the volume is an essential resource for educators, activists, and policymakers involved in promoting peace and curbing violence as well as students and scholars of Peace Studies, history, and their related fields.
Reclaiming Indigenous Governance
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Author : William Nikolakis
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2019-10-22
Reclaiming Indigenous Governance written by William Nikolakis and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-10-22 with Social Science categories.
Reclaiming Indigenous Governance examines the efforts of Indigenous peoples in four important countries to reclaim their right to self-govern. Showcasing Native nations, this timely book presents diverse perspectives of both practitioners and researchers involved in Indigenous governance in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United States (the CANZUS states). Indigenous governance is dynamic, an ongoing relationship between Indigenous peoples and settler-states. The relationship may be vigorously contested, but it is often fragile—one that ebbs and flows, where hard-won gains can be swiftly lost by the policy reversals of central governments. The legacy of colonial relationships continues to limit advances in self-government. Yet Indigenous peoples in the CANZUS countries are no strangers to setbacks, and their growing movement provides ample evidence of resilience, resourcefulness, and determination to take back control of their own destiny. Demonstrating the struggles and achievements of Indigenous peoples, the chapter authors draw on the wisdom of Indigenous leaders and others involved in rebuilding institutions for governance, strategic issues, and managing lands and resources. This volume brings together the experiences, reflections, and insights of practitioners confronting the challenges of governing, as well as researchers seeking to learn what Indigenous governing involves in these contexts. Three things emerge: the enormity of the Indigenous governance task, the creative agency of Indigenous peoples determined to pursue their own objectives, and the diverse paths they choose to reach their goal.
Military Marxism
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Author : Adam Mayer
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2024-12-16
Military Marxism written by Adam Mayer and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-12-16 with Political Science categories.
Adam Mayer's Military Marxism: Africa's Contribution to Revolutionary Theory, 1957-2023 explores African Marxist theory and the intellectual merits of Afro-Maxist schools of thought to show how they have developed and impacted sub-Saharan Africa from the Cold War to the present. He also discusses the efficacy of the movements influenced by Marxism and how they are contested today. Through in-depth research, Mayer answers the following questions: Who were the African Marxist intellectuals? What happened to these intellectuals in the 1990s in NGO-administered, deindustrialized Africa? How are these theories inspiring popular rebellions and radical anti-Western military coups today? This book explores how Military Marxism, through its own rich and variegated African theory, has continued to inform and guide the practice of various political movements today.
Resistance And Colonialism
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Author : Nuno Domingos
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-08-01
Resistance And Colonialism written by Nuno Domingos and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-01 with History categories.
This volume offers a critical re-examination of colonial and anti-colonial resistance imageries and practices in imperial history. It offers a fresh critique of both pejorative and celebratory readings of ‘insurgent peoples’, and it seeks to revitalize the study of ‘resistance’ as an analytical field in the comparative history of Western colonialisms. It explores how to read and (de)code these issues in archival documents – and how to conjugate documental approaches with oral history, indigenous memories, and international histories of empire. The topics explored include runaway slaves and slave rebellions, mutiny and banditry, memories and practices of guerrilla and liberation, diplomatic negotiations and cross-border confrontations, theft, collaboration, and even the subversive effects of nature in colonial projects of labor exploitation.
Developing Governance And Governing Development
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Author : Diane Smith
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Release Date : 2021-08-18
Developing Governance And Governing Development written by Diane Smith and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-18 with Political Science categories.
Globally, far too many discussions about Indigenous governance and development are dominated by accounts of disadvantage, deficit and failure. This book paints a different international picture, testifying to Indigenous peoples as agents of governance innovation and successful developers in their own right, telling stories in their words, from their own experiences and countries. From Indigenous voices, we hear alternative concepts and measures of effectiveness, legitimacy, success and sustainability. Indigenous stories and voices are captured as case study chapters, written in lively, clear language about what is happening that is promising and productive in Indigenous self-determined governance for self-determined development in Canada, Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand and the USA; all English colonial–settler countries.
Democratic Multiplicity
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Author : James Tully
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-08-04
Democratic Multiplicity written by James Tully and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-04 with Political Science categories.
Discloses the radical diversity of the field of democracy that is overlooked by mainstream political science.