You may want to query list AFRLABOR@acuvax.acu.edu regarding this
topic. Good luck.
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Editor's Note:
For those with a greater interest
in the AfriLabor list, please the
announcement below.
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ANNOUNCING A DISCUSSION GROUP ON
AFRICAN LABOR HISTORY
The recent changes in South Africa and the collapse of Apartheid have
once again thrust African workers into the forefront of the Contin-
ent's struggle for social justice and popular democracy. The role
played by the men and women of South Africa's vibrant, radical trade
union movement has raised a number of theoretical and practical
questions about the possibilities of workers' rights within the
context of capitalism in Africa. Similarly, the role of the Nigerian
trade union movement in the popular struggle against the military has
indicated the complexity of workers' responses to political
questions confronting African societies.
The African Labor History Discussion Group was established by a group
of scholars attending the Annual Meeting of the African Studies
Association in Toronto, Canada in late 1994. We recognize that the
electronic media gives us an excellent opportunity to form a network
of historians of African labor in North America, Europe and the
African continent. We invite others with an interest in African
labor history to join us.
The convener is Carolyn A. Brown of Rutgers University, New
Brunswick, New Jersey. People interested in subscribing must send an
application i.e. a letter stating their interest in African labor
history and their area of interest. If you would like to join the
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In the message state that you want to subscribe, your full name and
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