SOSC 2480 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: African Nationalism, African Socialism, State Capitalism
24 Jan 2017
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Week 13 - lecture - nationalisms and independence. African countries are colonial creations - populations dispersed between borders. Inheritance of dealing with multiple identities, inheritance of colonial politics. Sudan - an example of a country that is highly divided and differentiated. With education - access to markets, access to goods. Multiple legacies and inheritances of colonialism and how they feed into contemporary. African states and societies - resources, ideologies, political institutions and leadership. When gaining independence, this is what they sought to do. Autonomy = eliminating state"s economic and political dependency on the west. Unity = the desire to build a nation within inherited boundaries. Economic development = restructured economies to serve africans. State led = nation-building project de ned and controlled by government. Against tribalism" - state discourages sub-national identities. Strong executive = controlling activity within civil society - central authority, president holds authority - often dictatorships. Very few places in africa where this was not the case.
