Reflections on the Global Village

Opinion and Analysis
Erscheinungsjahr 2022
ISBN: 978-1-928341-95-6
Verlag: Real African Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 210 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 263 g

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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Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Afrikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Geopolitik

Über Autor(innen)

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), where he undertook extensive research on Regional Economic Communities in Africa with a special focus on infrastructure investment opportunities for the DBSA. For nine years before that, he lectured on South African foreign policy and African international relations at the University of the Witwatersrand. He has published widely and is a respected political analyst, featuring in national and international media.