| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 224 pages) : illustrations, map |
| Contents |
Introduction: Historical Biography and Rival African Nationalisms -- Imagining the Nation: Methodism, History and Politics in Nkumbula's Early Years -- 'The Father of Zambian Politics' between Padmore and Maala -- The Explosion of Contradictions -- Nkumbula, UNIP and the Roots of Authoritarianism in Nationalist Zambia -- Resisting UNIP: Liberal Democracy and Ethnic Politics in Zambia's First Republic -- 'The Last Battle I Will Ever Fight': Nkumbula and the Drive towards the One-Party State -- Epilogue: Nkumbula's Last Initiatives and Legacy |
| Summary |
This book transforms our understanding of the recent political history of Central Africa. It charts the complex life and thought of Harry Nkumbula (ca. 1917-1983), the first openly nationalist African politician in Northern Rhodesia and, later, the leader of parliamentary opposition during Zambia's multi-party First Republic. Based mainly on his personal papers and the newly opened archives of UNIP, Zambia's ruling party between 1964 and 1991, the volume looks at how Nkumbula imagined a Zambian nation for the first time and, later, presented a liberal alternative to dominant state-led models of political and economic development. By exploring the trajectory of Nkumbula's ANC, a minority liberal party with strong ethnic roots, the book throws new light on the under-acknowledged fractiousness of Zambian nationalism and warns against reading African post-colonial politics solely in terms of clientelism |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nkumbula, Harry Mwaanga.
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| SUBJECT |
Nkumbula, Harry Mwaanga fast |
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Nkumbula, Harry Mwaanga. swd |
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African National Congress -- Biography
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African National Congress fast |
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Nationalists -- Zambia -- Biography
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Politicians -- Zambia -- Biography
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Biography: historical, political & military -- Africa.
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Political structure & processes -- Africa.
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African history -- Africa.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Political.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Legislative Branch.
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Biography.
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Nationalists
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Politics and government
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Politicians
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Zambia -- Politics and government -- To 1964.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85149611
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Zambia
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780230104891 |
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0230104894 |
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0230622747 |
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9780230622746 |
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9781349384266 |
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1349384267 |
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