The years since Karl Marx’s death have seen the emergence of movements, organizations and governments declaring themselves to be "Marxist." How can we make sense of this development? This short book is an attempt to

These leading Africa scholars investigate the social forces driving the democratic transformation of postcolonial states across southern Africa. Extensive research and interviews with civil society organizers in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Zambia, Malawi, Namibia, and Swaziland

A hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Lenin remains a world historical figure of immense stature - but also a highly contested one. In Lenin for Today, John Molyneux rejects the conventional view that Lenin

Since the 1940s, Marxist thought has developed considerably in Nigeria. Long gone are the days when Marxism meant imported pamphlets and a rootless foreign ideology. The history of “Naija” or Nigerian Marxism is also that