Issa Shivji
- Affiliation: University of Dar es Salaam
Issa G. Shivji was professor of law at the University of Dar es Salaam and now holds the Mwalimu Nyerere Research Chair in Pan-African Studies at the same university.
Books by Issa Shivji
Where is Uhuru?
Reflections on the Struggle for Democracy in Africa
Issa Shivji
The neoliberal project, led by the IMF and World Bank, promised to correct distortions in the African postcolonial environment and to expand democratic space. For a people who had suffered years of statism, these promises were persuasive. However, several decades down the line, Issa G. Shivji aptly asks, Where is Uhuru? These essays show that the reform period opened the continent to greater privation by a more emboldened local political class who, by acquiescing to foreign imperialist forces,… (more information)