Africa After Independence: Realities of Nationhood

Africa After Independence: Realities of Nationhood

Author: Godfrey Mwakikagile

Paperback: 252 pages

Publisher: New Africa Press (16 November 2009)

ISBN-10: 998716014X

ISBN-13: 9789987160143

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Book Description:

This work focuses on the early years of independence and the problems African countries faced soon after the end of colonial rule. They include poverty and underdevelopment; adoption of alien ideologies and economic and political systems; structural flaws of the modern African state and its institutions inherited at independence; nation-building, democratization, national integration, and ethno-regional rivalries among others.

The work also looks at prospects for continental unification from the perspectives of leaders such as Nkrumah and Nyerere.

As a demographic portrait, it depicts the continent as a tapestry that reflects the racial diversity and multi-ethnic composition of this vast land mass. And as a historical and political analysis, it addresses some of the most important issues in the post-colonial era. The book includes photos from the early sixties.

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