The African Renaissance and the Afro-Arab Spring

Foreword: The Arab Reawakening: An Africa Renaissance PerspectiveThabo Mbeki Introduction: Beginning Again? The Question of a ContinentErik Doxtader, Charles Villa-Vicencio, and Ebrahim Moosa 1. From Cairo to the Cape: The Dilemmas of RevolutionShamil Jeppie2. Gathering the Pieces: The Structural, Social, and Psychological Elements of African RenewalDon Foster3. Understanding a Flawed Miracle: The History, Dynamics, and Continental Implications of South Africa's TransitionCharles Villa-Vicencio4. Irreconcilable Truths: Gender-Based Violence and the Struggle to Build an Inclusive History Helen Scanlon5. Managing Transition: Lessons from TunisiaIbrahim Sharqieh6. Is There a Center to Hold? The Problem of Transition in Post-Qaddafi Libya Asif Majid7. The Pharaoh Returns: The "Politics of Order" and the Muslim Yearning for Freedom Ebrahim Rasool8. Political Theology in the Aftermath of the Arab Spring: Returning to the EthicalEbrahim Moosa9. The One and the Many: Religious Coexistence and Belonging in Postapartheid SocietyAbdulkader Tayob10. A Popular Revolution? Gender Inequality and Political Change in North Africa Katherine Marshall11. A "New" Pan-Africanism: Future ChallengesChris Landsberg12.The Potential of an African Assertion-Once More, in the Name of a Renaissance Erik Doxtader AppendicesA. Colonization and Independence of African CountriesB. Select Chronology of Afro-Arab SpringC. Pan-Africanism: Select Initiatives, Organizations, and ConventionsAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsContributors