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Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Politics of Identity and Exclusion in Africa written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Bahru Zewde
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 9994450255
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (944 download)
Download or read book Society, State, and Identity in African History written by Bahru Zewde and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2008 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fourth Congress of the Association of African historians was held in Addis Ababa in May 2007. These 21 papers are a key selection of the papers presented there, with an introduction by the distinguished historian Bahru Zewde. Given the contemporary salience and the historical depth of the issue of identity, the congress was devoted to that global phenomenon within Africa. The papers explore and analyse the issue of identity in its diverse temporal settings, from its pre-colonial roots to its cotemporary manifestations. The papers are divided into six parts: Pre-Colonial Identities; Colonialism and Identity; Conceptions of the Nation-State and Identity; Identity-Based Conflicts; Migration and Acculturation; and Memory, History and Identity. The authors are scholars from Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Zimbabwe. Bahru Zewde is Emeritus Professor of History at Addis Ababa University, Executive Director of the Forum for Social Studies, and Vice-President of the Association of African Historians. He was formerly Chairperson of the Department of History and Director of the Institute of Ethiopian Studies at Addis Ababa University. Amongst his publication is A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855-1991.
Author : Peter Geschiere
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226289664
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)
Download or read book The Perils of Belonging written by Peter Geschiere and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite being told that we now live in a cosmopolitan world, more and more people have begun to assert their identities in ways that are deeply rooted in the local. These claims of autochthony—meaning “born from the soil”—seek to establish an irrefutable, primordial right to belong and are often employed in politically charged attempts to exclude outsiders. In The Perils of Belonging, Peter Geschiere traces the concept of autochthony back to the classical period and incisively explores the idea in two very different contexts: Cameroon and the Netherlands. In both countries, the momentous economic and political changes following the end of the cold war fostered anxiety over migration. For Cameroonians, the question of who belongs where rises to the fore in political struggles between different tribes, while the Dutch invoke autochthony in fierce debates over the integration of immigrants. This fascinating comparative perspective allows Geschiere to examine the emotional appeal of autochthony—as well as its dubious historical basis—and to shed light on a range of important issues, such as multiculturalism, national citizenship, and migration.
Author : S. B. Bekker
Publisher : HSRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9780796919168
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (191 download)
Download or read book Identity? written by S. B. Bekker and published by HSRC Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first of two companion volumes emanating from the partnership between the French Institute (IFAS), the Institute for Global Dialogue (IGD, formerly FGD) and the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and based on the 1997 conference of the same name held in Pretoria ; the second volume entitled, Shifting African Identities is based on the 1998 Cape Town conference, also of the same name. ; a third companion volume in this series on identity and nation building is entitled, National Identity and Democracy in Africa - a joint product of the Nordic Africa Institute, Sweden and the Mayibuye Centre at UWC based on their March 1997 conference.
Author : Edmond J. Keller
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781306481441
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (814 download)
Download or read book Identity, Citizenship, and Political Conflict in Africa written by Edmond J. Keller and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reflecting on the processes of nation-building and citizenship formation in Africa, Edmond J. Keller believes that although some deep parochial identities have eroded, they have not disappeared and may be more assertive than previously thought, especially in instances of political conflict. Keller reconsiders how national identity has been understood in Africa and presents new approaches to identity politics, intergroup relations, state-society relations, and notions of national citizenship and citizenship rights. Focusing on Nigeria, Ethiopia, Cote d'Ivoire, Kenya, and Rwanda, he lays the foundation for a new understanding of political transition in contemporary Africa.
Author : J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni
Publisher : African Books Collective
ISBN 13 : 0798304065
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (983 download)
Download or read book Bondage of Boundaries and Identity Politics in Postcolonial Africa written by J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and published by African Books Collective. This book was released on 2013-10-21 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What has confounded African efforts to create cohesive, prosperous and just states in postcolonial Africa? What has been the long-term impact of the Berlin Conference of 1884-5 on African unity and African statehood? Why is postcolonial Africa haunted by various ethno national conflicts? Is secession and irredentism the solution? Can we talk of ethno-futures for Africa? These are the kinds of fundamental questions that this important book addresses. Sabelo J. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Brilliant Mhlangas book introduces the metaphor of the northern problem to dramatise the fact that there is no major African postcolonial state that does not enclose within its borders a disgruntled minority that is complaining of marginalization, domination and suppression. The irony is that in 1963 at the formation of the OAU, postcolonial African leaders embraced the boundaries arbitrarily drawn by European colonialists and institutionalised the principle of inviolability of bondage of boundaries thereby contributing to the problem of ethno-national conflicts. The successful struggle for independence of the Eritrean people and the secession of South Sudan in 2011 have encouraged other dominated and marginalised groups throughout Africa to view secession as an option. Ndlovu-Gatsheni and Mhlanga successfully assembled competent African scholars to deal exhaustively with various empirical cases of ethno-national conflicts throughout the African continent as well as engaging with such pertinent issues as Pan-Africanism as a panacea to these problems. This important book delves deeper into complex issues of space, languages, conflict, security, nation-building, war on terror, secession, migration, citizenship, militias, liberation, violence and Pan-Africanism.
Author : Séverine Awenengo Dalberto
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000380033
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (3 download)
Download or read book Identification and Citizenship in Africa written by Séverine Awenengo Dalberto and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-05-09 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the context of a global biometric turn, this book investigates processes of legal identification in Africa ‘from below,’ asking what this means for the relationship between citizens and the state. Almost half of the population of the African continent is thought to lack a legal identity, and many states see biometric technology as a reliable and efficient solution to the problem. However, this book shows that biometrics, far from securing identities and avoiding fraud or political distrust, can even participate in reinforcing exclusion and polarizing debates on citizenship and national belonging. It highlights the social and political embedding of legal identities and the resilience of the documentary state. Drawing on empirical research conducted across 14 countries, the book documents the processes, practices, and meanings of legal identification in Africa from the 1950s right up to the biometric boom. Beyond the classic opposition between surveillance and recognition, it demonstrates how analysing the social uses of IDs and tools of identification can give a fresh account of the state at work, the practices of citizenship, and the role of bureaucracy in the writing of the self in African societies. This book will be of an important reference for students and scholars of African studies, politics, human security, and anthropology and the sociology of the state.
Author : John F. McCauley
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107175011
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)
Download or read book The Logic of Ethnic and Religious Conflict in Africa written by John F. McCauley and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017-05-03 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is aimed at students and scholars of conflict, Africa, ethnic politics, and religion. It may also appeal to religious and political leaders. It proposes a new perspective on how ethnicity and religion shape political outcomes and violence in Africa, adding psychological elements to standard political science arguments.
Author : William Ackah
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 123 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (113 download)
Download or read book Pan-Africanism written by William Ackah and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 123 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it mean to be an African today? Starting from that question, the author takes the reader on a fascinating intellectual journey into the realm of Pan-African thought and practice. Moving from Africa to North America to Europe, the text insightfully explores the pre-occupations of black elite, in the three continents, exploring their shared visions and also their conflicting interests. Tackling thought provoking issues in politics, cultural identity, and economic development, the book provides the reader with a refreshing, jargon free insight into relations between Africa and the African Diaspora. A must read for anyone interested in politics, identity and development in Africa and the African Diaspora.
Author : John Middleton
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 025322201X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (532 download)
Download or read book Media and Identity in Africa written by John Middleton and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2010-01-04 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is the role of the media in Africa? How do they work? How do they interact with global media? How do they reflect and express local culture? Incorporating both African and international perspectives, Media and Identity in Africa demonstrates how media outlets are used to perpetuate, question, or modify the unequal power relations between Africa and the rest of the world. Discussions about the construction of old and new social entities which are defined by class, gender, ethnicity, political and economic differences, wealth, poverty, cultural behavior, language, and religion dominate these new assessments of communications media in Africa. This volume addresses the tensions between the global and the local that have inspired creative control and use of traditional and modern forms of media.
Author : D. P. S. Ahluwalia
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138739697
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (396 download)
Download or read book African Identities written by D. P. S. Ahluwalia and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-10-27 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cover"--"Half Title"--"Title" -- "Copyright" -- "Contents" -- "List of Contributors" -- "Acknowledgments" -- "Introduction" -- "1 The Boundaries of the State: Africa and Modernity" -- "2 Colonial Communities in Africa and Asia: Toward a Comparative History of European Identity in 19th Century Java and the Cape" -- "3 Between Modernism and Memory: The Art of the!Xu and Khwe of Schmidtsdrift" -- "4 Women, Resistance and the Armed Struggle in Southern Africa" -- "5 The Tragedy of Sierre Leone: Diamonds, Warlords and the Failure of the United Nations" -- "6 Democratic Revival in Africa: is it Sustainable?" -- "7 Crisis in the Union and Multi-Party Democracy in Tanzania" -- "8 Ethnic Clashes in Kenya and the Politics of the 'Ethnic Enclave': the Ruling Party, the Opposition, and the Post-Moi Succession" -- "9 Uganda: No-Party State or One-Party State?" -- "10 Collective Co-operatives in Zimbabwe 1980-1998" -- "11 Labor and Beer in Africa: Xhosa Work Parties
Author : Claire L. Adida
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107047722
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)
Download or read book Immigrant Exclusion and Insecurity in Africa written by Claire L. Adida and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-07 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the diverse immigrant experiences in urban West Africa, where some groups integrate seamlessly while others face exclusion and violence. It shows, counterintuitively, that cultural similarities between immigrants and their hosts do not help immigrant integration and may, in fact, disrupt it. This book is one of the first to describe and explain in a systematic way immigrant integration in the developing world, where half of all international migrants go. It relies on intensive fieldwork tracking two immigrant groups in three host cities, and draws from in-depth interviews and survey data to paint a picture of the immigrant experience from both immigrant and host perspectives.
Author : Mai Palmberg
Publisher : HSRC Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780796919014
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (19 download)
Download or read book National Identity and Democracy in Africa written by Mai Palmberg and published by HSRC Publishers. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the third companion volume in the Identity? Theory, History, Politics series and focuses primarily on identity and nation-building. National Identity and Democracy in Africa, edited by Mai Palmberg, offers the reader a global comparative analysis and significantly extends the thematic range of the previous two texts to include cultural landscapes, power and conflict, literary critiques and discourses on the politics of nation building. Policy makers, academics, postgraduate students and scholars interested in international relations, philosophy, political science, psychology, history, sociology, cultural anthropology, gender issues, development and African studies will find the accounts novel and insightful. Furthermore, it is essential reading for anyone interested in grappling with the politics of identity and its implications for African Renaissance discourse.
Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415836296
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Pan-Africanism, and the Politics of African Citizenship and Identity written by Toyin Falola and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume seeks to gauge the extent to which Pan-Africanism has penetrated various disciplines, how Pan-Africanism overlaps with the study of the African Diaspora, and why Pan-Africanism is located on the periphery as African Diaspora studies gains momentum. The contributors - coming from various geographical backgrounds and a broad range of academic disciplines - engage with each other to create cross-regional dialogues about the overlaps and intersections between Pan-Africanism, diaspora studies and reverse migrations, providing an analysis of Pan-Africanism and the African Diaspora from political, social and economic perspectives and in a global context.
Author : Toyin Falola
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781611637427
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (374 download)
Download or read book Contentious Politics in Africa written by Toyin Falola and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the decolonization of the African continent that began in earnest in the late 1950s, the trajectory of the continent's socioeconomic change and development has seen its fair share of contentious politics. Such contentions range from benign forms of electoral contestations and conflicts over the form and substance of democratic reform to spirited violence and outright war manifested in coups and counter-coups as well as the newly emergent specter of terrorism, particularly in the regions of West and East Africa. This volume grapples with this broad spectrum of the forces at play in the contentious dynamics of social change and development in Africa under the themes of violence, war, and political change; the dynamics of socioeconomic change and development; social movements and identity politics; and the politics of revolts and protests. This book is part of the African World Series, edited by Toyin Falola, Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities, University of Texas at Austin.
Author : Mohamed Adhikari
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0896804429
Total Pages : 273 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (968 download)
Download or read book Not White Enough, Not Black Enough written by Mohamed Adhikari and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2005-11-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The concept of Colouredness—being neither white nor black—has been pivotal to the brand of racial thinking particular to South African society. The nature of Coloured identity and its heritage of oppression has always been a matter of intense political and ideological contestation. Not White Enough, Not Black Enough: Racial Identity in the South African Coloured Community is the first systematic study of Coloured identity, its history, and its relevance to South African national life. Mohamed Adhikari engages with the debates and controversies thrown up by the identity’s troubled existence and challenges much of the conventional wisdom associated with it. A combination of wide-ranging thematic analyses and detailed case studies illustrates how Colouredness functioned as a social identity from the time of its emergence in the late nineteenth century through its adaptation to the postapartheid environment. Adhikari demonstrates how the interplay of marginality, racial hierarchy, assimilationist aspirations, negative racial stereotyping, class divisions, and ideological conflicts helped mold people’s sense of Colouredness over the past century. Knowledge of this history, and of the social and political dynamic that informed the articulation of a separate Coloured identity, is vital to an understanding of present-day complexities in South Africa.
Author : Robtel Neajai Pailey
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108875440
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (88 download)
Download or read book Development, (Dual) Citizenship and Its Discontents in Africa written by Robtel Neajai Pailey and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-01-07 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on rich oral histories from over two hundred in-depth interviews in West Africa, Europe, and North America, Robtel Neajai Pailey examines socio-economic change in Liberia, Africa's first black republic, through the prism of citizenship. Marking how historical policy changes on citizenship and contemporary public discourse on dual citizenship have impacted development policy and practice, she reveals that as Liberia transformed from a country of immigration to one of emigration, so too did the nature of citizenship, thus influencing claims for and against dual citizenship. In this engaging contribution to scholarly and policy debates about citizenship as a continuum of inclusion and exclusion, and development as a process of both amelioration and degeneration, Pailey develops a new model for conceptualising citizenship within the context of crisis-affected states. In doing so, she offers a postcolonial critique of the neoliberal framing of diasporas and donors as the panacea to post-war reconstruction.
