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Africa: The Politics of Independence and Unity

Africa: The Politics of Independence and Unity

by Wallerstein, Immanuel
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Africa: The Politics of Independence and Unity combines into one edition for the first time Africa: The Politics of Independence and Africa: The Politics of Unity. With a new introduction by the author, this edition provides some of the earliest and most valuable analysis of African politics during the period when the colonial system began to disintegrate. The influential Africa: The Politics of Independence was written as Africa was just realizing independence and still reveling in the optimism it brought. Immanuel Wallerstein was one of the few scholars who had traveled throughout Africa during the collapse of colonial rule. As a result, his interpretive essay captures the dynamism of that period of transformation and adroitly analyzes Africa's modern political developments during the nascent process of decolonization. Africa: The Politics of Unity, published six years later, examines the African unity movement that arose between 1957 and 1965 and its revolutionary core. It is often considered the first thorough analysis of the postindependence history of Africa.

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BrandUniversity of Nebraska Press
Pub dateDec 1, 2005
ISBN-100803298560
ISBN-139780803298569
LanguageEnglish
Dimensions7.92 × 0.98 × 5.58 in
Weight1 lb
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