Africa: The Politics of Independence and UnityAfrica: 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. ø 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. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Africa Before the Europeans Came | 11 |
II | 29 |
IV | 63 |
V | 85 |
VI | 103 |
VII | 114 |
VIII | 137 |
The First Congo Crisis | 43 |
The Birth of the OAU 66 | 66 |
The Second Congo Crisis | 83 |
Regional Unity and African Unity 111 | 111 |
The Political Implications of Economic Analysis 129 | 129 |
The Liberation of Southern Africa 152 | 152 |
UNITY AND MODERNIZATION | 219 |
African Unity in the World Context | 237 |
Maps | 171 |
Origins of a Theme 3 | 3 |
Movement versus Alliance 18 | 18 |
The Downward Sweep | 25 |
A Glossary of Initials | 255 |
Index | 265 |
Common terms and phrases
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