A Certain Amount of Madness

Title: A Certain Amount of Madness Author: Amber Murrey ISBN: 9780745337579 Publisher: Pluto Press Published: 2018 Binding: Paperback Language: English Condition: New New from the publisher African History 1676471 Publisher Description: Thomas Sankara was one of Africa's most important anti-imperialist leaders of the late 20th Century. His declaration that fundamental socio-political change would require a 'certain amount of madness' drove the Burkinabe Revolution and resurfaced in the country's popular uprising in 2014. This book looks at Sankara's political philosophies and legacies and their relevance today. Analyses of his synthesis of Pan-Africanism and humanist Marxist politics, as well as his approach to gender, development, ecology and decolonisation offer new insights to Sankarist political philosophies. Critical evaluations of the limitations of the revolution examine his rela