{"product_id":"the-barrel-of-a-gun-political-power-in-africa-and-the-coup-detat","title":"The Barrel of a Gun - Political Power in Africa and the Coup d'État","description":"\u003cb\u003ePolitical prisoner and anti-apartheid activist Ruth First addressing one of the most notorious and complicated phenomena in postcolonial Africa—the coup d’état\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf Frantz Fanon had not died of cancer in 1961 at the age of thirty-six, what might a sequel to \u003ci\u003eThe Wretched of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e look like? What political issues of the postcolony might it confront? And what theories of postcolonial state power might it develop? Ruth First’s \u003ci\u003eThe Barrel of a Gun \u003c\/i\u003eprovides one possible answer to these speculative questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Barrel of a Gun\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book First wrote while in exile, and it marks a departure from her prison memoir. It is several things at once: an academic analysis of postcolonial power dynamics in Africa; a political history of Africa during the 1960s; and a document of her life and political views at the time.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52061007872288,"sku":"9781804299449","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/creativebysanchez.com\/es\/products\/the-barrel-of-a-gun-political-power-in-africa-and-the-coup-detat","provider":"Creative By Sanchez","version":"1.0","type":"link"}