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Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism
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Title: Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism
Author: Mahmood Mamdani
ISBN: 9780691027937
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 344
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: In this provocative analysis of the obstacles to democratization in post-independence Africa, Mahmood Mandani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy: a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects. By tapping authoritarian possibilities in culture, and by giving culture an authoritative bent, British indirect rule (decentralized despotism) set the pace for Africa; other colonial powers followed suit, South Africa being the last. Apartheid, Mamdani maintains, was actually the generic form of the colonial state in Africa.
Author: Mahmood Mamdani
ISBN: 9780691027937
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 1996
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 344
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description: In this provocative analysis of the obstacles to democratization in post-independence Africa, Mahmood Mandani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy: a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects. By tapping authoritarian possibilities in culture, and by giving culture an authoritative bent, British indirect rule (decentralized despotism) set the pace for Africa; other colonial powers followed suit, South Africa being the last. Apartheid, Mamdani maintains, was actually the generic form of the colonial state in Africa.
