Afrocentricity Trajectories of Looting in South Africa
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- ISBN 9781666919905
- Weight: 445g
- Dimensions: 156 x 237mm
- Publication Date: 20 Mar 2023
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
- Language: English
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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.
Mfundo Mandla Masuku is associate professor of built environment and development studies at the University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Dalifa Ngobese is senior lecturer of culture and heritage studies and program leader at the University of Mpumalanga.
Mbulaheni Obert Maguvhe is professor of inclusive education at the University of South Africa.
Sifiso Ndlovu is lecturer of political science at the University of Mpumalanga.
