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Afro-Autarky. Onjangos and Utopias of Contemporary Angolan Activism
Journal Title
Critical Times
Year (definitive publication)
2022
Language
English
Country
United States of America
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Abstract
This dispatch examines contemporary activist movements in Angola and their political utopias, namely their relevance to citizenship and governance, and their increasing importance in the political landscape. The authors describe the civic mobilization toward the implementation of a municipal electoral system (autarquia) and argue that it poses an Afro-utopian challenge: the issue of autarky, or the recognition of self-organization and self-sufficiency vis-à-vis postcolonial autocratic rule.
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Keywords
Angola,Social Movements,autarky autocracy,postcoloniality,activism,utopia
Fields of Science and Technology Classification
- Anthropology - Social Sciences
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