Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism

by Mahmood Mamdani

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In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani 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. Many writers have understood colonial rule as either "direct" (French) or "indirect" (British), with a third variant--apartheid--as...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0691027935

ISBN13:9780691027937

Release Date:April 1996

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.27 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"

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