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Citizen and Subject Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism

Paperback • 1996 • English

Citizen and Subject Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism

By Mahmood Mamdani

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"In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy--a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects. Many writers have understood colonial rule as either "direct" (French) or "indirect" (British), with a third variant--apartheid--as exceptional. This benign terminology, Mamdani ...Show more

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9789970020904

Publisher

Fountain Publishers

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Citizen and Subject Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism

Format

Paperback

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