The African Worker

The African Worker first published in 1988 was intended as a synthesis considering issues and debates from the work of many writers on labour history and labour studies in Africa. The development of a particular critical literature spanning a number of disciplines is critically considered. In some respects the concerns of past generations have been to align the understanding of labour issues in Africa with those more generally in the modern world. In others the emphasis remains on the specific and African. Both directions clearly emerge here. The bibliographical essay as well as the bibliography itself is meant to point readers further who want a higher order of detail a regional focus or a more thorough-going theoretical treatment of all or some of the relevant issues.