National Identity & Democracy in Africa Volume 3

by Palmberg, Mai; Feinberg, Barry

• ISBN13: 9780796919014
• ISBN10: 0796919011
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-06-01
• Publisher: HSRC Press

Summary

This is the third companion volume in the Identity? Theory, History, Politics series and focuses primarily on identity and nation-building. National Identity and Democracy in Africa, edited by Mai Palmberg, offers the reader a global comparative analysis and significantly extends the thematic range of the previous two texts to include cultural landscapes, power and conflict, literary critiques and discourses on the politics of nation building. Policy makers, academics, postgraduate students and scholars interested in international relations, philosophy, political science, psychology, history, sociology, cultural anthropology, gender issues, development and African studies will find the accounts novel and insightful. Furthermore, it is essential reading for anyone interested in grappling with the politics of identity and its implications for African Renaissance discourse.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 5
Introduction	p. 8
History, the Arts and the Problem of National Identity: Reflections on Kenya in the 1970s and 1980s	p. 19
References	p. 37
How the National Became Popular in Tanzania	p. 40
References	p. 56
The National Landscape-a Cultural European Invention	p. 59
References	p. 78
The Question of Identity During the Nigerian Civil War (1967-1970) in the Fiction of Flora Nwapa and Ken Saro-Wiwa	p. 80
The Writings Under Discussion	p. 100
The Language of Africa-Centered Knowledge in South Africa: Universalism, Relativism and Dependency	p. 101
Appendix	p. 116
References	p. 117
War and the Negotiation of Gendered Identities in Angola	p. 119
References	p. 164
Conceptualising Coloured Identities in the Western Cape Province of South Africa 110	p. 167
References	p. 185
Intimate Transformations: Romance, Gender and Nation	p. 188
References	p. 201
From Masters to Minorities: the Swedish-Speaking Finns and the Afrikaans-Speaking Whites	p. 203
References	p. 227
Nation-Building Discourse in a Democracy	p. 231
References	p. 242
The Notion of 'Nation' and the Practice of 'Nation-Building' in Post-Apartheid South Africa	p. 244
References	p. 259
Do Diverse Social Identities Inhibit Nationhood and Democracy? Initial Considerations from South Africa	p. 261
References	p. 283
Strangers at the Cattle Post: State Nationalism and Migrant Identity in Post-Apartheid South Africa	p. 287
References	p. 323
Advancing Non-Racialism in Post-Apartheid South Africa	p. 327
References	p. 338
Select Annotated Bibliography	p. 341
About the Authors	p. 349
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