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Media type:
Book
Title:
Africa since independence
:
a comparative history
Contains:
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:
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