| Description |
xix, 620 pages : maps ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Map 1 : Africa showing dates of independence -- Introduction : the basis of comparison -- 1. African independence : poisoned chalice or cup of plenty? -- 2. A profile of Africa at independence -- 3. The shape of things to come : irredentism, secessionism and the Pan-African ideal -- 4. Modernity and tradition, power and prestige : monarchs, chiefs and politicians, 1956-74 -- 5. 'Ism schisms' : African socialism and home-grown capitalism, 1960-85 -- 6. Khaki fatigue : military rule in Africa, 1960-85 -- 7. Second liberation : guerrilla warfare, township revolt and the search for a new social order -- 8. Invasion of the acronyms : SAPs, AIDs and the NGO takeover -- 9. Democracy rediscovered : popular protest, elite mobilisation and the return of multipartyism -- 10. Millennial Africa : the national question revisited |
| Summary |
"Afrcians have achieved their independence through very different means. While the former French colonies and most of the British ones reached an accord with the European power concerned, the Portuguese colonies, and Namibia, Zimbabwe and South Africa achieved their liberation after protracted wars and internal political struggles." --book cover |
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"This is a genuinely comparative study of the different trajectories and experiences of independent African states. Following the independence of the Sudan and Ghana in 1956-7, Africans have been engaged in efforts to fashion a workable political and economic dispensation for the post-colonial era. Paul Nugent examines the record of African Socialist, Afro-Marxist and Capitalist regimes over the first two decades, and explores the retrenchment associated with structural adjustment, as well as the record of multi-partyism after 1989. Nugent also addresses the impact of HIV and AIDS, the contagion of warfare and efforts at achieving national reconciliation." |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 569-607 |
| SUBJECT |
Africa -- Politics and government -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001573
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Africa -- History -- 1960- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001564
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| LC no. |
2004044503 |
| ISBN |
0333682726 cased |
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0333682734 paperback |
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