Mueni Wa Muiu
Biographic Data
| ID | 3612462 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mueni Wa Muiu |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mueni Wa |
| FAMILY NAME | Muiu |
| SIGNATURE | MUIU M W |
| AFFILIATIONS | Winston-Salem State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 23 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Residual Governance
The Southern African Development Community Treaty-Nexus
Quality of Life and Wellbeing
Politics and Government in South Africa
Politics and Government in South Africa introduces readers to all aspects of government and politics in South Africa, from local, to provincial, national, and on to international considerations. The perfect guide for students and general readers, this textbook explains how South Africa’s key institutions are governed and interact with each other, and how important issues such as economics, gender, race, and class shape relations between citizens …
Hack with a Grenade
Reviewed by: Hack with a Grenade: An Editor's Back Stories of SA News by Gasant Abarder Mueni wa Muiu Abarder, Gasant. Hack with a Grenade: An Editor's Back Stories of SA News. Cape Town, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council, 2020. Gasant Abarder reveals the inside operations of a South African newspaper from the editor's perspective. Abarder is one of the few people to serve as editor for the same newspaper twice: in 2009–2013 and 2015–…
Amakomiti
Reviewed by: Amakomiti: Grassroots Democracy in South African Shack Settlements by Trevor Ngwane Mueni wa Muiu Ngwane, Trevor. Amakomiti: Grassroots Democracy in South African Shack Settlements. London: Pluto Press, 2021. Can people who live in shacks teach us about democracy? Trevor Ngwane begins this book with the following question: Ngingalitholaphi ikomiti lalendawo? Where can I find this place's committee? To answer this question, Ngwane set…
The Scientific Imagination in South Africa
Reviewed by: The Scientific Imagination in South Africa: 1700 to the Present by William Beinart and Saul Dubow Mueni wa Muiu Beinart, William, and Saul Dubow. The Scientific Imagination in South Africa: 1700 to the Present. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. It is not often that one comes across a volume that traces the history of science in South Africa from 1700 to the present. Especially one that also highlights the role of science in…
Neva Again
Reviewed by: Neva Again: Hip Hop Art, Activism, and Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa ed. by Adam Haupt et al. Mueni wa Muiu Haupt, Adam, Quentin Williams, H. Samy Amin, and Emile Jansen, eds. Neva Again: Hip Hop Art, Activism, and Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, 2019. The editors of this book, the first to be published on hip hop in post-apartheid South Africa, have brought together di…
Migrant Labour after Apartheid
Reviewed by: Migrant Labour after Apartheid: The Inside Story ed. by Leslie J. Bank et al. Mueni wa Muiu Bank, Leslie J., Dorrit Posel, and Francis Wilson, eds. Migrant Labour after Apartheid: The Inside Story. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, 2020. Migrant Labour after Apartheid: The Inside Story is an interdisciplinary study about the double-rootedness of migrant labor in post-apartheid South Africa. It explores how workers consider …
Dust of the Zulu
Reviewed by: Dust of the Zulu: Ngoma Aesthetics after Apartheid by Louise Meintjes Mueni wa Muiu Meintjes, Louise. Dust of the Zulu: Ngoma Aesthetics after Apartheid Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017. In Dust of the Zulu: Ngoma Aesthetics after Apartheid, Louise Meintjes brings music to life. Throughout South Africa's history, Zulu music and dance has been used as a celebration of warriordom. According to Meintjes, the book "investigates th…
African Countries’ Political Independence at Fifty
What lessons can we draw from the past fifty years of political independence in African countries? Which mistakes can we avoid in the future? Can there be peace without social justice? Four mistakes must be avoided if democracy, peace and social justice are to be achieved in African countries. Drawing on lessons from Central, East, North, West and Southern Africa, I use Fundi wa Africa – a multidisciplinary approach based on a long term historica…
Colonial and Postcolonial State and Development in Africa
This article examines the colonial and post colonial state and development in Africa; it does so by trying to answer the following questions: what is the nature of the African state and when did impunity become the norm? Who is the colonial and post-colonial state accountable to and how does this impact the welfare of the majority of the people? How can the state be reconstituted in the interests of the Africans (whichever way they define these)?…
A New Paradigm of the African State
Offers a historical, multidisciplinary perspective on African political systems and institutions, ranging from Antiquity (Egypt, Kush and Axum) to the present with particular focus on their destructio
The African Colonial and Postcolonial States
From the sixteenth century onward, in spite of the good diplomatic and commercial relations that Europe and Africa enjoyed, Europeans chose to create a new image of Africa and Africans. Such an image allowed Europeans to exploit African labor and resources. Explorers, geographers, scientists, missionaries, and political, business, and military leaders engaged in the construction of the African as the “other.” Africa was also depicted as a passive…
The Congo State in Historical Perspective I
Starting around 1000 BCE and lasting well into the first millennium AD, Congo’s ancient history was marked by several migratory waves, first of Bantu-speaking peoples coming from the Benue River area (present day Nigeria), then of Sudanic people coming from the Darfur and Kordofan regions, relegating the indigenous Batwa population to the grasslands north of the rainforest, along the Ubangi and Uele rivers. The Bantu-speaking groups contributed m…
A New Paradigm of the African State
The Main Focus of Fundi Wa Afrika (Tailor or Builder in Kiswahili), IS the analysis of the state, defined as a multilayered entity from grassroot organizations to the leadership. The core of the state is the people who reside within its boundaries. Diverse ethnic groups and culture, history, and environment make up the state. Our approach includes historical, political, economic, and cultural analysis; it also looks at the impact of population co…
The African Imagined Community, 1867–1948
I n this chapter we will trace the intellectual development of the African conceptualization of imagined national communities. We will do so by examining the factors that influenced the Africans’ conception of community, its specific characteristics, relations with other communities and how relations among groups within the community affected its development. For the sake of clarity, this chapter is divided into five sections. In the first sectio…
An Afrikaner Imagined Community, 1867–1948
T his chapter traces the evolution, that is to say the , intellectual development of Afrikaner nationalism and, particularly, the formulations of the Afrikaners’ definition of imagined national community. It does so by examining the changing formulations of community, the specific characteristics of the community, the relationship(s) it has with other communities, and how relations among groups within the community shaped it. The chapter is divid…
The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa
This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the
The African National Congress' Economic and Social Policy Changes in South Africa (1994-2004)
In this article I argue that Liberal democracy in South Africa accommodated and left unresolved the contradictions of South African capitalism and the ANC's multiracial nationalist discourse. More specifically, the delivery of equal political rights in the new democracy is premised on the acceptance of the unequal economic relations among different classes, gender and race. Second, the multi-racial and multi-ethnic middle class is threatened from…
South Africa at Ten
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Compatible Cultural Democracy
Black Political Thought in the Making of South African Democracy (review)
Colonial and Postcolonial State and Development in Africa
This article examines the colonial and post colonial state and development in Africa; it does so by trying to answer the following questions: what is the nature of the African state and when did impunity become the norm? Who is the colonial and post-colonial state accountable to and how does this impact the welfare of the majority of the people? How can the state be reconstituted in the interests of the Africans (whichever way they define these)?…
African Countries’ Political Independence at Fifty
What lessons can we draw from the past fifty years of political independence in African countries? Which mistakes can we avoid in the future? Can there be peace without social justice? Four mistakes must be avoided if democracy, peace and social justice are to be achieved in African countries. Drawing on lessons from Central, East, North, West and Southern Africa, I use Fundi wa Africa – a multidisciplinary approach based on a long term historica…
Black Political Thought in the Making of South African Democracy (review)
Compatible Cultural Democracy
The African National Congress' Economic and Social Policy Changes in South Africa (1994-2004)
In this article I argue that Liberal democracy in South Africa accommodated and left unresolved the contradictions of South African capitalism and the ANC's multiracial nationalist discourse. More specifically, the delivery of equal political rights in the new democracy is premised on the acceptance of the unequal economic relations among different classes, gender and race. Second, the multi-racial and multi-ethnic middle class is threatened from…
South Africa at Ten
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The African Imagined Community, 1867–1948
I n this chapter we will trace the intellectual development of the African conceptualization of imagined national communities. We will do so by examining the factors that influenced the Africans’ conception of community, its specific characteristics, relations with other communities and how relations among groups within the community affected its development. For the sake of clarity, this chapter is divided into five sections. In the first sectio…
An Afrikaner Imagined Community, 1867–1948
T his chapter traces the evolution, that is to say the , intellectual development of Afrikaner nationalism and, particularly, the formulations of the Afrikaners’ definition of imagined national community. It does so by examining the changing formulations of community, the specific characteristics of the community, the relationship(s) it has with other communities, and how relations among groups within the community shaped it. The chapter is divid…
The Pitfalls of Liberal Democracy and Late Nationalism in South Africa
This book compares African and Afrikaner nationalisms to demonstrate that the transition from apartheid to liberal democracy in South Africa was a neo-colonial settlement that left the economy and the
A New Paradigm of the African State
Offers a historical, multidisciplinary perspective on African political systems and institutions, ranging from Antiquity (Egypt, Kush and Axum) to the present with particular focus on their destructio
The African Colonial and Postcolonial States
From the sixteenth century onward, in spite of the good diplomatic and commercial relations that Europe and Africa enjoyed, Europeans chose to create a new image of Africa and Africans. Such an image allowed Europeans to exploit African labor and resources. Explorers, geographers, scientists, missionaries, and political, business, and military leaders engaged in the construction of the African as the “other.” Africa was also depicted as a passive…
The Congo State in Historical Perspective I
Starting around 1000 BCE and lasting well into the first millennium AD, Congo’s ancient history was marked by several migratory waves, first of Bantu-speaking peoples coming from the Benue River area (present day Nigeria), then of Sudanic people coming from the Darfur and Kordofan regions, relegating the indigenous Batwa population to the grasslands north of the rainforest, along the Ubangi and Uele rivers. The Bantu-speaking groups contributed m…
A New Paradigm of the African State
The Main Focus of Fundi Wa Afrika (Tailor or Builder in Kiswahili), IS the analysis of the state, defined as a multilayered entity from grassroot organizations to the leadership. The core of the state is the people who reside within its boundaries. Diverse ethnic groups and culture, history, and environment make up the state. Our approach includes historical, political, economic, and cultural analysis; it also looks at the impact of population co…
Colonial and Postcolonial State and Development in Africa
This article examines the colonial and post colonial state and development in Africa; it does so by trying to answer the following questions: what is the nature of the African state and when did impunity become the norm? Who is the colonial and post-colonial state accountable to and how does this impact the welfare of the majority of the people? How can the state be reconstituted in the interests of the Africans (whichever way they define these)?…
African Countries’ Political Independence at Fifty
What lessons can we draw from the past fifty years of political independence in African countries? Which mistakes can we avoid in the future? Can there be peace without social justice? Four mistakes must be avoided if democracy, peace and social justice are to be achieved in African countries. Drawing on lessons from Central, East, North, West and Southern Africa, I use Fundi wa Africa – a multidisciplinary approach based on a long term historica…
Dust of the Zulu
Reviewed by: Dust of the Zulu: Ngoma Aesthetics after Apartheid by Louise Meintjes Mueni wa Muiu Meintjes, Louise. Dust of the Zulu: Ngoma Aesthetics after Apartheid Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2017. In Dust of the Zulu: Ngoma Aesthetics after Apartheid, Louise Meintjes brings music to life. Throughout South Africa's history, Zulu music and dance has been used as a celebration of warriordom. According to Meintjes, the book "investigates th…
Neva Again
Reviewed by: Neva Again: Hip Hop Art, Activism, and Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa ed. by Adam Haupt et al. Mueni wa Muiu Haupt, Adam, Quentin Williams, H. Samy Amin, and Emile Jansen, eds. Neva Again: Hip Hop Art, Activism, and Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, 2019. The editors of this book, the first to be published on hip hop in post-apartheid South Africa, have brought together di…
Migrant Labour after Apartheid
Reviewed by: Migrant Labour after Apartheid: The Inside Story ed. by Leslie J. Bank et al. Mueni wa Muiu Bank, Leslie J., Dorrit Posel, and Francis Wilson, eds. Migrant Labour after Apartheid: The Inside Story. Cape Town: Human Sciences Research Council, 2020. Migrant Labour after Apartheid: The Inside Story is an interdisciplinary study about the double-rootedness of migrant labor in post-apartheid South Africa. It explores how workers consider …
Amakomiti
Reviewed by: Amakomiti: Grassroots Democracy in South African Shack Settlements by Trevor Ngwane Mueni wa Muiu Ngwane, Trevor. Amakomiti: Grassroots Democracy in South African Shack Settlements. London: Pluto Press, 2021. Can people who live in shacks teach us about democracy? Trevor Ngwane begins this book with the following question: Ngingalitholaphi ikomiti lalendawo? Where can I find this place's committee? To answer this question, Ngwane set…
The Scientific Imagination in South Africa
Reviewed by: The Scientific Imagination in South Africa: 1700 to the Present by William Beinart and Saul Dubow Mueni wa Muiu Beinart, William, and Saul Dubow. The Scientific Imagination in South Africa: 1700 to the Present. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021. It is not often that one comes across a volume that traces the history of science in South Africa from 1700 to the present. Especially one that also highlights the role of science in…
Politics and Government in South Africa
Politics and Government in South Africa introduces readers to all aspects of government and politics in South Africa, from local, to provincial, national, and on to international considerations. The perfect guide for students and general readers, this textbook explains how South Africa’s key institutions are governed and interact with each other, and how important issues such as economics, gender, race, and class shape relations between citizens …
Hack with a Grenade
Reviewed by: Hack with a Grenade: An Editor's Back Stories of SA News by Gasant Abarder Mueni wa Muiu Abarder, Gasant. Hack with a Grenade: An Editor's Back Stories of SA News. Cape Town, South Africa: Human Sciences Research Council, 2020. Gasant Abarder reveals the inside operations of a South African newspaper from the editor's perspective. Abarder is one of the few people to serve as editor for the same newspaper twice: in 2009–2013 and 2015–…
Residual Governance
The Southern African Development Community Treaty-Nexus
Quality of Life and Wellbeing
Political science (19 works) · Law (17 works) · Politics (17 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Gender Studies (8 works) · Law (8 works) · South African History and Culture (8 works) · African history and culture studies (7 works) · Democracy (7 works) · Economics (7 works)