Africa since independence : a comparative history / Paul Nugent.
Nugent, Paul, 1962-
2004
DT30.5 .N84 2004 (Mapit)
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Title Africa since independence : a comparative history / Paul Nugent.
Author Nugent, Paul, 1962-
ISBN 0333682734 (pbk.)
0333682726
Imprint Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Language English
Description xix, 620 p. : maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number DT30.5 .N84 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification 960.3/2
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 490-607) and index.
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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.

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