African identities : contemporary political and social challenges

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African identities : contemporary political and social challenges

edited by Pal Ahluwalia and Abebe Zegeye

(The making of modern Africa)

Ashgate, c2002

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"This volume grew out of the Australasian African Studies Conference held in Adelaide 2000"--Acknowledgements

Includes bibliographical references and index

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Description

Aimed at examining contemporary debates and issues which are at the cutting edge of the social sciences, Pal Ahluwalia and Abebe Zegeye have put together a book on subjects of critical importance to the African condition. A combination of empirical and theoretical materials, this text introduces new perspectives.

Table of Contents

  • The boundaries of the state - Africa and modernity, Bill Ashcroft
  • Colonial communities in Africa and Asia - toward a comparative history of European identity in 19th century Java and The Cape, Roger Knight
  • Between modernism and memory - the art of the Xu and Khuwe of Schmidtsdrift, Elizabeth Rankin
  • Women resistance and the armed struggle in Southern Africa, Tanya Lyons and Mark Israel
  • The tragedy of Sierre Leone - diamonds, warlords and the failure of the United Nations, David Dorward
  • Democratic revival in Africa - is it sustainable?, S. Saxena
  • Crisis in the union and multi-party democracy in Tanzania, Pal Ahluwalia and Abebe Zegeye
  • Ethnic conflict and the politics of Kenya, Jeff Steeves
  • Uganda - no-party state or one-party state?, Pal Ahluwalia and Abebe Zegeye
  • Collective co-operatives in Zimbabwe 1980-1998, Paul Nursery-Bray
  • Labour and beer in Africa: Xhosa work parties, Patrick McAllister.

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