{"product_id":"the-rebirth-of-the-african-phoenix-a-view-from-bablyon-9781907464799","title":"The Rebirth of the African Phoenix A View from Bablyon","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfrica is a phoenix rising from the ashes of the burnt out colonial world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis sets the background for this new book in a time of genuine challenge to the power system that has dominated the world since World War II.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book begins by looking back at the authors first physical encounter with Africa when he visited Ghana in the early 1990's.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book had eight subsequent chapters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter two, called Money, will look at the crippling debt burden of African nations and will make the case for a payment strike.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter three examines the important relationship that Africans have to the Land after the disruption of the relationship by enslavement and colonialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter four, entitled Bread, will question why such an abundant continent is now forced to import most of its sustenance from abroad?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter five, Water, looks at the impact of the climate emergency on Africa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter six examines the world of Work and migration on the African continent.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter seven looks at the quest for Peace on the continent and the role of the western powers in causing and supporting conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter eight will look at the role that Culture will play in building a new pan-Africanism for the 21st Century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter nine makes the connection between the continent and the African Diaspora.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe final chapter brings together some of McKenzie's Reflections proposes a new movement for Africans across the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMcKenzie, Roger:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Roger McKenzie is the international editor of the Morning Star.Roger is the author of African Uhuru: The fight for African freedom in the rise of the Global South (now on it's fourth reprint)Roger has a long history of activity within the labour and trade union movement and is well known internationally as a leading anti racist campaigner and trade union organiser.He is a founding member of the Global African Workers Institute.Before joining the Morning Star Roger worked for 11 years as the assistant general secretary of UnisonRoger is a member of the National Union of Journalists and is a member of its National Executive Committee.","brand":"Manifesto Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51298347057426,"sku":"9781907464799","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30aa8fa5-acee-47c0-a4ae-6e26e6f565d7.jpg?v=1747816662","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-rebirth-of-the-african-phoenix-a-view-from-bablyon-9781907464799","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}