Africa in the world : capitalism, empire, nation-state /

Of the many pathways out of empire, why did African leaders follow the one that led to the nation-state, whose dangers were recognized by Africans in the 1940s and 50s? Frederick Cooper revisits a long history in which Africans were empire-builders, the objects of colonization, and participants in e...

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Main Author: Cooper, Frederick, 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2014
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Table of Contents:
  • Africa and capitalism
  • Africa and empire
  • Africa and the nation-state
  • Conclusion: Africa in the world, past, present, and future.