| | This issue continues the analysis and critique of globalisation which has been a central concern of this journal in the last few years. A number of the articles which follow explore aspects of the way in which the process imposes itself on Africa and the way in which Africa responds to this 'new' imperialism in the context of continuing crisis. Four of the papers were originally presented at the millennium conference on 'Capturing the Future', which was organised jointly by ROAPE and Leeds University Centre for African Studies (LUCAS) in April this year. The conference brought together scholars, activists and observers from Africa and outside. Across a range of disciplines and issues, they discussed ways in which the continent might, in Amilcar Cabral's memorable phrase, 'recapture its own history'. We hope to bring together a number of contributions to the conference in a forthcoming issue of the Review early next year. The four conference papers featured here (by Bracking, Brown, Craig and Szeftel) have a slightly different focus, being concerned with the problems caused by (and inherent in) various aspects of the restructuring process imposed on Africa by international capital and western agencies. |
