Africa and capitalism -- Africa and empire -- Africa and the nation-state -- Conclusion: Africa in the world, past, present, and future
Summary
Of the many pathways out of empire, why did African leaders follow the one that led to the nation-state, whose dangers were recognized by Africans in the 1940s and 50s? Frederick Cooper revisits a long history in which Africans were empire-builders, the objects of colonization, and participants in events that gave rise to global capitalism
Notes
"The origins of this book lie in an invitation to deliver the McMillan-Stewart Lectures at the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute of Harvard University. The three lectures that became the book's core chapters were presented in February 2012."
