{"product_id":"breaking-the-silence-on-ngos-in-africa","title":"Breaking the Silence on NGOs in Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003eMembers of the Organic Intellectuals Network are active organizers in the struggle to achieve social justice. They have experienced the contradictions of the  NGO discourse and, just like others before them, have found themselves in the struggle versus survival dilemma. To get a clear picture of our contemporary struggles and the despair of NGOs operating in the proletarian movement, comrades decided to reflect, study, and analyze Prof. Issa ShivjiÕs book Silences in  NGO Discourse: The Role and Future of  NGOs in Africa. For the authors, these analyses and reflections are based on personal experiences in their day-to-day organizing. In summarizing the authors' observations regarding the impacts of  NGOs in organizing, this book calls into question the fundamental question, Ôwhy do  NGOs exist?Õ To answer this question, the authors provide a historical chronology of the resistance in Kenya, Zimbabwe and the rest of Africa, relating those to the subjective factors in existence at every period. Through this, a scientific relationship can be drawn between social movements and  NGOs in our current epoch. From their experiences with  NGOs, the authors, representing grassroots social movements, highlight the dangers associated with donor funding. Often, donor funding ends abruptly after making people dependent on them, creating severe strain on grassroots organizations. The more one engages with  NGOs, the softer one becomes to critique  NGOs, particularly in highlighting their relationship to imperialism. Further,  NGOs usually help in driving reforms. However, they play no part in revolutionary work.  As a result, they merely preserve the present order and help exacerbate the frustrations arising from massive inequality in our society. In the long run,  NGOs play a critical role in stifling the development and independence of grassroots social movements. This publication also includes two previously published essays by Prof Issa G Shivji, Silences in  NGO Discourse: The Role and Future of  NGOs in Africa, \u0026amp;, Reflections on  NGOs in Tanzania: What We Are, What We Are Not and What We Ought To Be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44221188571297,"sku":"9781990263675","price":31.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/4k29we-front-shortedge-384_7fd3ab66-24b8-4022-b3d8-b9519ce3cda5.jpg?v=1718397751","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/breaking-the-silence-on-ngos-in-africa","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}