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REVOLT AND PROTEST For Rocky REVOLT AND PROTEST Student Politics and Activism in Sub-Saharan Africa ____________________________________________________ Leo Zeilig Tauris Academic Studies London • New York Published in 2007 by Tauris Academic Studies, an imprint of I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd 6 Salem Road, London W2 4BU 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 www.ibtauris.com In the United States of America and Canada distributed by Palgrave Macmillan a division of St Martin’s Press 175 Fifth Avenue, New York NY 10010 Copyright © 2007 Leo Zeilig The right of Leo Zeilig to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted by the author in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988. All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or any part thereof, may not be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. International Library of African Studies 20 ISBN: 978 1 84511 476 3 A full CIP record for this book is available from the British Library A full CIP record is available from the Library of Congress Library of Congress catalog card: available Printed and bound in India by Replika Press Pvt. Ltd camera-ready copy edited and typeset by Oxford Publishing Services, Oxford CONTENTS ___________________ Maps, Figures and Tables vi Acronyms and Abbreviations vii Acknowledgements xiii Foreword by David Seddon xvii Introduction 1 1. Politics, students and protest: the making of the student intelligentsia 21 2. Contemporary student activism in sub-Saharan Africa 59 3. Reform, revolt and student activism in Zimbabwe 94 4. Political change and student resistance in Senegal 163 5. Students of the transition speak: the meaning of student protest 232 Conclusion: the return of the student intelligentsia? 259 Notes 274 Appendix: List of interviews 327 Index 329 MAPS, FIGURES AND TABLES ________________________________________________ Map 1: Locations of Senegal and Zimbabwe 3 Map 3.2: Principal institutions of higher education in Zimbabwe 95 Map 4.1: Universities in Senegal 164 Figure 2.1: A Nigerian academic and trade unionist, Femi Aborisade, describes higher education in Nigeria 61 Table 2.1: The evolution of enrolment rates, 1980–95 69 Table 2.2: Gross Enrolment Rates 70 Table 2.3: Incidents of student activism during the democratic transition 1985–95 83 vi ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ____________________________ AEEMS Association des Elèves et Etudiants Musulmans du Sénégal AAS American Association for the Advancement of Science AAU Association of African Universities ADEMA Alliance pour la Démocratie au Mali AEEM Association des Elèves et Etudiants du Mali AEMUD Association des Etudiants Musulmans de l’Université de Dakar AES Association des Etudiants Sénégalais AESME Association des Etudiants et Stagiaires Mourides d’Europe AFCA Alliance des Forces du Changement pour l’Alternance AFP Alliance des Forces du Progrès AGED Association Générale des Etudiants de Dakar AGES Association Générale des Etudiants Sénégalais AGO Arthur Guseni Oliver (Mutambara’s initials) AIDS autoimmune deficiency syndrome AJ And Jeff AJ–PADS And Jeff–Parti Africain pour la Démocratie et le Socialisme vii Acronyms and abbreviations AMEAN Association Musulmane des Etudiants d’Afrique Noire ANC African National Congress AOF Afrique-Occidentale française BAI Book Aid International BTTC Belvedere Teachers’ Training College CAFA Committee for Academic Freedom in Africa CED Coordination des Etudiants CES Coordination des Elèves du Sénégal CFA West African franc CGC Comité de Gestion de la Crise CIP Comité d’Initiative et de Pilotage CIRMES Collectif d’Initiative pour la Réorganization du Mouvement Etudiant Sénégalais CJPO Coordination des Jeunesses Politiques de l’Opposition CNTS Confederation Nationale des Travailleurs du Senegal CODESRIA Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa COSATU Congress of South African Trade Unions COUD Centre des Oeuvres Universitaires de Dakar CPDM Cameroon People’s Democratic Movement CPE Contrat Première Embauche CSTS Coordination des Syndicats des Travailleurs du Supérieur CUR collèges universitaires régionaux DRC Democratic Republic of Congo ECA Economic Commission for Africa EFI Ecole de Formation des Instituteurs ENS Ecole Normale Supérieure ESAP economic structural adjustment programme FASEC Faculty of Economic Science FEANF Fédération des Etudiants d’Afrique Noire en France FRTE Front pour la Régularité des Elections viii Acronyms and abbreviations FSM Free Speech Movement GARMES Groupe d’Action pour la Reconstruction du Mouvement Etudiant Sénégalais GDP gross domestic product GMI Groupement Mobile d’Intervention HIT Harare Institute of Technology HIV human immunodeficiency virus ICU Industrial and Commercial Workers Union IFAN Institut Fondamental d’Afrique Noire IFE Institut Français pour les Etrangers IFIs international financial institutions IGAs income generating activities ILO International Labour Office IMF International Monetary Fund ISO International Socialist Organization IUIU Islamic University in Uganda LD League Démocratique LD/MPT Ligue Démocratique–Mouvement pour le Parti du Travail LONASE Loterie Nationale Sénégalaise LURD Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy MDC Movement for Democratic Change MEEJIR Mouvement des Elèves et Etudiants de la Jamaatou Ibadou Rahmane MEEL Mouvement des Elèves et Etudiants Libéraux MEES Mouvement des Elèves et Etudiants Socialistes MFDC Mouvement des Forces Democratique de la Casamance MJML Mouvement des Jeunes Marxiste Léniniste MMD Movement for Multi-Party Democracy NAB Non-Academic Bachelor NANS National Association of Nigerian Students NCA National Constitutional Assembly NDP National Democratic Party ix Acronyms and abbreviations NEPAD New Partnership for Africa’s Development NGO non-governmental organization NLC National Liberation Council NSS national strategic studies NUC National Universities Commission NURS National Union of Rhodesian Students NUST National University of Science and Technology NWPC National Working People’s Convention NYS National Youth Service OPEC Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries PAES Programme d’Amélioration de l’Enseignement Supérieur PAI Parti Africain de l’Indépendence PCF Parti Communiste Français PDEF Programme Décennal d’Education et de Formation PDS Parti Démocratique Sénégalais PF Patriotic Front PIT Parti de l’Indépendance et du Travail POSA Public Order and Security Act PRA Parti du Regroupment Africain PRESBY President Biya’s Youth PS Parti Socialiste SAES Syndicat Autonome des Enseignants du Supérieur SAIH Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund SANCO South African National Civic Organization SAP Students Against Privatization SAPES Southern Africa Political Economy Series SAPs structural adjustment programmes SDF Social Democratic Front SECC Soweto Electricity Crisis Committee SOAS School of Oriental and African Studies x
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