{"product_id":"the-barrel-of-a-gun-isbn-9781804299449","title":"The Barrel of a Gun","description":"\u003cb\u003eRuth First's classic study of coups d'état in post-colonial Africa with a groundbreaking critical introduction for a new generation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA classic study of the role coups d’état played in postcolonial Africa, Ruth First’s \u003ci\u003eThe Barrel of a Gun\u003c\/i\u003e is being republished for the first time in 50 years with a critical introduction from Christopher J. Lee. If Frantz Fanon had not died in 1961, what might a sequel to\u003ci\u003e The Wretched of the Earth\u003c\/i\u003e have looked like? Ruth First’s \u003ci\u003eThe Barrel of a Gun\u003c\/i\u003e provides a possible answer by addressing one of the most notorious and complicated phenomena in postcolonial Africa—the coup d’état. Written at a time when the fervor of decolonization and independence was receding, and the vulnerabilities and violent realities of postcolonial state power were being confronted, \u003ci\u003eThe Barrel of a Gun\u003c\/i\u003e remains a foundational work on the topic of postcolonial coups and state power.\u003cb\u003eRuth First \u003c\/b\u003ewas an internationally known anti-apartheid activist who was a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC). In 1982, she was assassinated in Maputo, Mozambique, by a mail bomb sent by the apartheid government.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e Christopher J. Lee \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of African History and Literature at The Africa Institute, UAE. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eMaking a World after Empire: The Bandung Moment and Its Political Afterlives\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFrantz Fanon: Toward a Revolutionary Humanism\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233624076517,"sku":"NP9781804299449","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804299449.jpg?v=1773178459","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-barrel-of-a-gun-isbn-9781804299449","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}