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The Afrocentricity Trajectories of Looting in South Africa

The Afrocentricity Trajectories of Looting in South Africa

Dudu, Annah
Gopal, Nirmala D.
Maguvhe, Mbulaheni Obert

Hardcover

African HistoryGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 166691990X
ISBN13: 9781666919905
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Mar 20 2023
Pages: 204
Weight: 1.04
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Looting has become an increasingly popular concept in South Africa as an unsophisticated interpretation of ownership by force of property during periods of mayhem. However, looting is a complex concept whose origin spans a long history that cuts across time and space. In The Afrocentricity Trajectories of Looting in South Africa, edited by Mfundo Masuku, Dalifa Ngobese, Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe, and Sifiso Ndlovu, contributors provide sophisticated analysis on the concept of looting and address nuances in the concept of looting, looking at links to spiraling inequality and poverty, racialization of property ownership, and skewed access and benefits of economic policies. As shown in this collection, looting has taken on a variety of political meanings: a challenge to the violence of racial capitalism, an alternative and accelerated path to justice, and a way to call attention to the reality of racial violence that is often ignored by the media, to name a few. This volume provides a critical analysis of looting from a multi-disciplinary approach that focuses on a combination of themes to show that looting is deeply rooted in property ownership and spiraling poverty and inequality that is structural in nature.

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