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Africa since independence : a comparative history
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- Creator
- Paul Nugent
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
- Physical Details
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- xix, 620 pages : maps ; 24 cm
- ISBNs
- 9780333682722, 0333682726, 9780333682739, 0333682734
- OCLC
- ocm54537418
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 490-607) and index.
- 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