History of Central Africa

by Birmingham, David; Martin, Phyllis M.

• ISBN13: 9780582276079
• ISBN10: 0582276071
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Longman Pub Group

Summary

This is the third and final volume in the distinguished History of Central Africa, co-edited by David Birmingham and Phyllis M. Martin. An international team of experts examines the transformations that followed the end of colonial rule in the early 1960s. They compare the legacies of British, Belgium, French and Portuguese colonisation in tropical Africa and explore such issues as the fragility of the state; the growth of politicised ethnicities; migration from the countryside to urban centres; the growing gap between wealthy elites and the masses; the movement of refugees; and the growth of vibrant popular cultures.

Table of Contents

Beyond Independence

Chad in the Age of the Warlords

Cameroun and the Politics of Patronage

Comparisons and Contrasts in Equatorial Africa: Gabon, Congo and the Central African Republic

Zaire: the Anatomy of a Failed State

Angola: the Deconstruction of a Nation

Exploitation and Neglect:Rural Producers and the State in Malawi and Zambia

Zimbabwe and the Long Search for Independence

Mozambique: a Tapestry of Conflict

Images and Themes in the Nineties

Sources and Further Reading

Acknowledgments

Index

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