Rethinking and Unthinking Development

Busani Mpofu is a senior researcher at AMRI, College of Graduate Studies, University of South Africa, and a Research Associate in the Human Economy program, University of Pretoria. His main research interests are in African economic history, with a focus on Third world urbanization, urban poverty, inclusive development, development discourse and theory, and Land reform and agrarian histories in Africa.Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni is a Professor and Acting Executive Director of Change Management Unit (CMU), University of South Africa. He is the founder and coordinator of the Africa Decolonial Research Network (ADERN) based in the College of Human Sciences, University of South Africa. He is a decolonial theorist who has published extensively in African history, African politics, and development.

• List of AbbreviationsList of Tables and FiguresIntroduction: Rethinking and Unthinking Development in AfricaBusani Mpofu and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-GatsheniPART I: THEORY, CONCEPTS AND DISCOURSEChapter 1. Rethinking Development in the Age of Global ColonialitySabelo J. Ndlovu-GatsheniChapter 2. Rethinking and Reclaiming Development in AfricaVusi GumedeChapter 3. Elusive Solutions to Poverty and Inequality: From 'Trickle Down'; to 'Solidarity Economy'Tidings P. NdhlovuPART II: DEVELOPMENT, URBANISM AND POVERTYChapter 4. Urban Poverty in Zimbabwe: Historical and Contemporary IssuesRudo Barbra GaidzanwaChapter 5. Theory of Poverty or Poverty of Theory?: A Decolonial Intervention on Urban Poverty in South AfricaRaymond Nyapokoto and Sabelo J. Ndlovu-GatsheniPART III: EMPOWERMENT, REGIONALISM, IDENTY AND DEVELOPMENTChapter 6. The 'Native Returns': Assessing and Re-imagining Indigenisation and Black Economic Empowerment as Development Projects in the 'Post-colony'Tamuka Charles Chirimambowa and Tinashe Lukas ChimedzaChapter 7. Ethno-Politics and Regionalism in Post-colonial Zimbabwe: The Matabeleland Development Question and the Imperative for Development Redress after the CrisisVusilizwe ThebeChapter 8. The Politics of Land Ownership in South Africa: Self-Perceptions and Identities of Backyard Dwellers within the Coloured CommunityWendy Isaacs-MartinPART IV: DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL POLICY AND AFRICAN FAMILIESChapter 9. Understanding the Conceptualisation of African Families: A Social Policy Development Poser in South AfricaBusani MpofuChapter 10. Socio-economic and Cultural Barriers to Marital Unions and HIV Incidence Correlates: A Public Policy Poser for South Africa?Busani NgcaweniChapter 11. Old Persons Cash Grant Pay-out Days: How Beneficiaries Become Victims of Abuse in South AfricaGloria SautiAfterword: End of Development and Rise of Decoloniality as the FutureSabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Busani MpofuReferencesIndex