Friday Seminar: The Third Wave of the Liberation Struggles in Africa: From Anti- to De-Colonisation

How can we understand the spate of resurgent nature of agitations, protests and violence in postcolonial Africa? What do they mean for our understanding of contemporary Africa? Drawing on primary and secondary sources, I argue that the efflorescence of these contemporary (re)actions speak to the efforts of the people for a third wave of liberation struggle. The third wave of liberation struggle builds on the first pre-independent anti-colonial, and second postcolonial democratisation struggles. The study contributes to our understanding of the limits of decolonisation processes in postcolonial Africa.