Perspectives on Nation-State Formation in Contemporary Africa (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781490720883)

The challenge of state formation and national integration is evident, and the need for a solution is even more demanding in places like Africa where nation states were formed under very special historical circumstances. In Perspectives on Nation-State Formation in Contemporary Africa, author Godknows Boladei Igali presents a digest that examines the challenges of state formation and national integration in Africa and off ers preferred solutions within the context of the symbolic diversities. In this study, Igali outlines the immediate context and challenges of national integration in Africa in its human dimension. He reviews the political formations of ancient Africa-which varied in size, philosophical premise, and organisational structures-and discusses partition, military invasions, conquest, and colonisation. He then addresses colonial rule or administration, African nationalism, and decolonisation and analyses the process of nation-state formation in post-independent Africa from the perspective of the political systems and ideologies Reviewing a wide range of time from ancient times through the colonial period and since independence, this survey discusses the processes of national integration and nation-state formation in Africa, providing perspectives that deepen the understanding of these nation-building processes.

Author: Godknows Boladei Igali
ISBN-10: 149072088X
ISBN-13: 9781490720883
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
Language: English
Published: 04/14/2014
Pages: 338
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.43lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.88d