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1 online resource (257 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of contents; Maps; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; References; 1 Colonial, anti-colonial and post-colonial in continuum; Africa: myths and realities; Colonialism: phases and nature; Colonialism in Africa; The British colonial rule; Lugard's defence of imperialism; Anti-colonial struggles in British Africa; Anglophone Africa: intellectual responses to British rule; Kwame Nkrumah (1909-1972); The controversial regime of Nkrumah; Placing Nkrumah's political ideas in perspective; Julius Nyerere (1922-1999) |
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Emergence of a one-party stateNyerere on nationalism; Socialism in Tanzania; French colonial rule; Frantz Fanon's emancipatory project; Portuguese colonial rule; Amilcar Cabral; Viewing the colonial /anti-colonial and the post-colonial in continuum; Notes; References; 2 The emancipatory winds of Pan-Africanism and African unity movements; The genesis of Pan-Africanism; Revisiting the contributions of W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey; Négritude as a concept and a movement; Senghor; Senghor's creative attack on imperialism; Césaire's description of Négritude; George Padmore |
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Race, Négritude and Pan-AfricanismInsights from Ali Mazrui; Race and international relations; The Pan-African movement on African soil; Radicals of the Casablanca Group; The moderates of the Monrovia group; Reflections on the OAU; The OAU and liberation struggles; Human rights; Inter-state and intra-state disputes; Development issues; The African Union; Pan-Africanism in transition; The role of the AU: an assessment; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; 3 South Africa: From racism and apartheid to African Renaissance; The intertwined association between imperialism and racism |
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Resistance against apartheidWhy understand Mandela?; Nelson Mandela: evolving ideas and thoughts; Combatting colonialism and racism; The means to combat apartheid; The communist movement; Ubuntu and the TRC; South Africa as a sub-imperial state; South Africa in Africa; The African agenda; The African Renaissance; Human rights; Intra-state conflicts in Africa; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; 4 Exploring the trail of French neo-colonial dominance in Sub-Saharan Africa; Preliminary observations; Defining neo-colonialism; The Franco-African ensemble; Loi-Cadre reforms |
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The French community to independenceUnderstanding the French identity; The geography of the French sphere of influence; Economic ties; France's security/military-related ties; The role of personalities; The base at Djibouti; The French role in Rwanda; Sarkozy's Africa policy; Hollande and the intervention in Mali 2013; French military involvement and human rights; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; 5 The changing complexities of the USA's imperial policies in Africa; Reflections on US-led imperialism; Recasting the notion of Empire; The significance of Africa in US policy |
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The nature of the state and projects of national integration in Africa |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429521874 |
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0429521871 |
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