{"id":241,"count":6,"description":"<img class=\"alignleft wp-image-28637\" src=\"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Michael-Neocosmos-e1740257746997-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"252\" \/>Michael Neocosmos is Emeritus Professor in Humanities at Rhodes \u00ad University and Research Associate at the Centre for Humanities Research, University of the Western Cape, both in South Africa, and as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar University of Connecticut Humanities Institute, U.S.A.\r\n\r\nNeocosmos has a lifelong history of involvement in emancipatory struggles, beginning in 1968 in France, continuing through trade union support, party work, and anti-apartheid activities in Southern Africa. His experiences have been accompanied by regular written reflections on the specificity of state politics and popular political practices.\r\n\r\nHis book Thinking Freedom in Africa won the Frantz Fanon outstanding book award in 2017.","link":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/authors\/michael-neocosmos\/","name":"Michael Neocosmos","slug":"michael-neocosmos","taxonomy":"authors","parent":0,"meta":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/authors"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/authors"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/darajapress.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?authors=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}