A Thousand Flowers: Social Struggles Against Structural Adjustment in African Universities

Combining theoretical essays with reports and testimonies, this book presents a unique account of the impact of the World Bank's structural adjustment programme on African education. Part I contains an in-depth analysis and critique of the World Bank's policies on the future of African educational systems, while Part II looks at the response of teachers and students to the dismantling of public education and points to the development of a new Pan-Africanist movement.

Silvia Federici is associate professor in Political Philosophy at Hofstra University and a coordinator of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa. She is the co-author (with L. fortunati) of 'Il Grande Calibano: Storia del Corpo Sociale Ribelle Nella Prima Fase del Capitale' (Franco Angeli 1984), and the editor of 'Enduring Western Civilization: The Construction of the Concept of Western Civilization and Its "Others" '(Praeger 1995).

George Caffentzis has taught at the University of Calabar in Nigeria and is presently associate professor in the Department of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine. He is the author of 'Abused Words, Clipped Coins and Civil Government: John Locke's Philosophy of Money' (Autonomedia 1989), and 'Cutting Edge: Technology, information, Capitalism and Social Revolution' (Verso 1997). He is a founding member and coordinator of the Committee For Academic Freedom in Africa (CAFA).

Ousseina Alidou teaches in the Department of African American and African Studies at Ohio State University. She has worked as a consultant for several NGOs on issues of literacy, education and family planning in Africa. Her research areas include language and educational policies in Africa, women and gender politics in predominantly Islamic and Francophone Sub-Saharan African countries. She is a coordinator of the Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa (CAFA).