ISBN:
9780333682722
,
9780333682739
,
0333682726
,
0333682734
Language:
English
Pages:
XIX, 620 S
,
Kt
,
22 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
DDC:
960.3/2
Keywords:
Africa History 1960-
;
Afrika
;
Entkolonialisierung
;
Geschichte 1956-2002
;
Afrika
;
Entkolonialisierung
;
Geschichte 1956-2002
Abstract:
Introduction: The basis of comparison. -- African independence: poisoned chalice or cup of plenty? -- A profile of Africa at independence. -- The shape of things to come: irredentism, secessionism and the Pan-African ideal. -- Modernity and tradition, power and prestige: monarchs, chiefs and politicians, 1956-74. -- 'Ism schisms': African socialism and home-grown capitalism, 1960-85. -- Khaki fatigue: military rule in Africa, 1960-85. -- Second liberation: guerilla warfare, township revolt and the search for a new social order. -- Invasion of the acronyms: SAPs, AIDS and the NGO takeover. -- Democracy rediscovered: popular protest, elite mobilisation and the return of multipartyism. -- Millennial Africa: the national question revisited
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction: The basis of comparison. -- African independence: poisoned chalice or cup of plenty? -- A profile of Africa at independence. -- The shape of things to come: irredentism, secessionism and the Pan-African ideal. -- Modernity and tradition, power and prestige: monarchs, chiefs and politicians, 1956-74. -- 'Ism schisms': African socialism and home-grown capitalism, 1960-85. -- Khaki fatigue: military rule in Africa, 1960-85. -- Second liberation: guerilla warfare, township revolt and the search for a new social order. -- Invasion of the acronyms: SAPs, AIDS and the NGO takeover. -- Democracy rediscovered: popular protest, elite mobilisation and the return of multipartyism. -- Millennial Africa: the national question revisited.
Note:
Includes index. - Bibliography
URL:
http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=24407
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