Reflections on the Global Village: Opinion and Analysis - Softcover

Monyae PhD, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0000001252 ISBN 13: 9780000001252

Publisher: Real African Publishers, 2021

Synopsis

Africans need an African voice to tell our African stories and deliver them to the world the way we intended – with our essence, traditions, experiences and thoughts intact. David Monyae is such a voice. A committed anticolonialist and internationalist, Monyae offers insight into the complex and challenging terrain of African international relations. He is acutely aware of the history of the great powers’ exploitation of Africa. He is steeped in how states and inter-state organisations and their leaders have struggled for their self-interest and, occasionally, that of the public throughout the continent. Monyae’s expertise lies in understanding the ways that realpolitik shapes our world. He recognises the common humanity of our frail and fallible species. He aspires to improve the lot of the voiceless in world affairs by seeking to improve the quality of the policies and strategies of the continent’s and the world’s most powerful through his commentary. This anthology is a guide through global politics from the unique vantage point of the individuals and communities that those politics affect.

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About the Author

David Monyae is an international relations and foreign policy expert with a Ph.D. in International Relations from the University of Witwatersrand. He is currently the director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies and the Confucius Institute at the University of Johannesburg. He previously served as Section Manager: International Relations Policy Analysis at the South African Parliament, providing strategic management, parliamentary foreign policy formulation and monitoring and analysis services. Prior to that, David served as Policy Analyst at the Development Bank Southern Africa (DBSA).

Edition details

• Publisher: Real African Publishers
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0000001252
• ISBN 13: 9780000001252
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 210