<incom> Silences in NGO discourse: The role and future of NGOs in Africa

[Soenke Zehle]

Silences in NGO discourse: The role and future of NGOs in Africa
Issa G. Shivji
<http://www.fahamu.org/downloads/shivji_forweb.pdf>

The distinguished scholar presents perspectives on the historical, 
political and philosophical contexts that govern the evolution and place 
of NGOs in Africa today. In two extensive essays, he argues the role of 
NGOs in Africa cannot be understood without clear characterisation of 
the current historical moment: that to ‘make poverty history’ we must 
first ‘understand the history of poverty’ and ‘make imperialism 
history’. Shivji argues that despite some good intentions, NGOs have 
uncritically situated themselves within neoliberal and donor-driven 
discourses.

Issa Shivji is one of Africa’s most radical and original thinkers. He 
has written several books, including the seminal Concept of Human Rights 
in Africa (1989) and, more recently, Let the People Speak: Tanzania down 
the road to neoliberalism (2006).

ISBN: 978-0-9545637-5-2
84pp. 2007 Fahamu