Africa since independence : a comparative history /
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| Language: | English |
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Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2004.
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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.