Claiming Agency : Reflecting on TrustAfrica's First Decade.

Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- 1. African Agency at Work -- Halima Mahomed and Elizabeth Coleman -- Why this book now? -- A different kind of philanthropy -- Power, agency and African money -- What does African agency look like? -- A seat at the table -- References -- 2. How To Make Societies Thrive: The role of African Philanthropy -- Introduction -- Local agency and African philanthropy frame -- State of philanthropy in Africa and African philanthropy -- Social cohesion and individual empowerment -- Civil society strengthening and movement building -- Government and philanthropy nexus -- Wither African philanthropy? -- References -- 3. African Agency in Contested Contexts: A reflection on Trust Africa's work in internationalcriminal justice -- Introduction -- A history of the notion of African agency -- African agency as improving the lot of Africans -- Beyond responsibility: African agency as accountability -- African agency without African money? -- An overview of the ICJ Fund -- A fiery baptism in 2012 -- Scoping studies as knowledge from the periphery -- Principles of a nuanced and evolving grants policy -- Peer learning -- The basket fund principle -- Certain attributes of the ICJ Fund -- African identity versus African money -- Bridging NGO-academy, NGO-state dichotomies -- Opportunities for the future -- Conclusion -- References -- 4. A Grounded Approach to Philanthropy: Strengthening civil society in Liberia and Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- The Liberian Civil Society Initiative -- The Zimbabwe Alliance -- Process is critical to impact: The value add of the Liberian Civil Society Initiative and the Zimbabwe Alliance -- Critical challenges and recommendations -- Concluding remarks -- References.

5. Movement Building to Promote African Voices: Trust Africa's support to stop illicit financial flows from Africa -- Introduction -- A conceptual look at illicit financial flows -- Exposing the rot: the emergence of a movement -- Strengthening the African knowledge base -- Challenging dominant narratives -- Convening dialogues and connecting different actors -- Citizen mobilisation and policymaker engagement -- Reflections on missed opportunities -- Conclusion -- References -- 6. Opening up the Policy Process: TrustAfrica's work to include the voices of smallholder farmers -- Introduction -- Agency in agriculture -- TrustAfrica's work in agricultural advocacy -- Challenges and lessons learnt -- Towards an effective framework for agriculture policy advocacy -- Conclusions -- References -- 7. Resourcing Women's Rights in Francophone Africa -- Introduction -- Conceptual framework -- The MDG3 Fund -- Enhancing women's dignity: An analysis -- Conclusion -- References -- 8. Re-imagining Agency in Africa -- Introduction -- Significance of the winds of change -- TrustAfrica: catalysing agency -- Catalysing agency for democracy and inclusive socio-economic systems -- Our partnerships on the continent -- Addressing supply-side challenges: The promise of African philanthropy -- The promise of African agency -- Conclusion -- Beyond boundaries: Fostering collaboration -- References -- Back cover.

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