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1 online resource (378 pages) |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; CHAPTER 1 -- Introduction: New Reflections on Nationalism, National Projects and Pan-Africanism in the Twenty-First Century; Defining National Projects; Putting nationalism and its national projects in a global context; On tensions between nationalism and pan-Africanism; Rehabilitation of imperialism and the crisis of the national project(s); Intellectual defence of the African national project(s); Brief summary of the contributions; Notes and References; PART ONE -- New meanings of the African National Project |
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CHAPTER 2 -- The New Meaning of the NationalProject in the Twenty-first CenturyIntroduction; The national project and its meanings; Overview of the concept of a national project as a nation building concept; The national project in the context of Pax-Africana; Conclusion; Notes and References; CHAPTER 3 -- Is Nativism a National Questionin Post-colonial Africa?; Introduction; Towards a definition and roots of nativism; Historical and discursive basis of nativism; African nationalism as nativism; Conclusion; Notes and References; CHAPTER 4 -- Fanon on the Pitfalls of the African National Project |
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IntroductionFanon's warning and the matter of relevance; On Idealising And Betraying The National Project; From The National Project To The Continental Question; Conclusion; Notes and References; CHAPTER 5 -- African Nationalism in the age of Coloniality:Triumphs, Tragedies and Futures; Introduction; Background; The age of coloniality: crises and confusions; African nationalism: The triumphs; African nationalism: The tragedies and tribulations; African nationalism: The challenges and opposition; African nationalism: The unfinished assignments; Towards a decolonial turn of African nationalism |
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Conclusion: towards decolonialityNotes and References; PART TWO -- Nationalism, Languageand Freedom; CHAPTER 6 -- The African National Language Questionand the African National Project; Introduction; Brief overview of the history of African national languages; Understanding the twenty-first century African dream; What role for African national languages in the twenty-first century?; Conclusion; Notes and References; CHAPTER 7 -- The Devolution of Power Debate andthe Zimbabwe National Project; Introduction; Centralising autocracy in post-colonial Zimbabwe |
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Dismantling autocracy: devolution of power debates in ZimbabweProvincial councils' constitution, power and accountability:A primer on emerging debates; Conclusion; Notes and References; CHAPTER 8 -- Zimbabwe's Cultural Revolution and the 'Melodic Press Release': Mediated National Imaginaries in an Age of Neo-Liberalism; Introduction; Media and developmental nationalism; Development journalism, neo-liberalism and media inpost-independent Zimbabwe; Zimbabwean audiences as pedagogical objects in the 2000s; The decline of state-mediated national imaginaries in Zimbabwe; Conclusion |
| Summary |
Despite the fact that nationalism and its national projects have in recent years been severely criticised by postcolonial theorists for being fundamentalist and essentialist; by feminists for being patriarchal and exclusive; by global financial institutions for being antagonistic to development and globalisation; by Pan-Africanists for being anticontinental unity; and by those Africans born after decolonisation for being irrelevant; Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Finex Ndhlovu's book convincingly argues that nationalism has defied its death and displayed remarkable resilience and resonance. Sin |
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Includes bibliographical references |
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English |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 12, 2013) |
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Nationalism -- Africa, Southern
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Civil society -- Africa, Southern
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
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Civil society
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Cultural policy
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Diplomatic relations
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Nationalism
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Africa, Southern -- Cultural policy
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Africa, Southern -- Foreign relations -- 1994-
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh98000078
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Southern Africa
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Ndlovu-Gatsheni, Sabelo J
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Ndhlovu, Finex
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| ISBN |
9780798304504 |
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0798304502 |
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0798303956 |
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9780798303958 |
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