Ethnicity and Nationalism in Africa
Seyoum Y. Hameso
Book Description
This book deals with one of Africa's resilient realities, the one that refused to disappear into museums: ethnicity and nationalism. The first part deals with the theoretical construction of ethnicity, nations and nationalism. Part II describes the most important features of ethnic groups and the vitality of ethnicity in contemporary Africa. Part III illustrates how some governments responded to ethnicity and ethnic conflicts. It attempts to unravel contemporary developments with the ultimate aim of indicating how African ethnicity could be positively channeled towards constructive ends In other words, it is to demonstrate what ethnicity could contribute to the betterment of human life in a continent devastated by warfare, disease, poverty and political misrule.
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Africa
Politics and government
1960-
Nationalism
Ethnic relations
Africa - History
Race And Ethnic Relations
History
Nova Science Publishers
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