ANTB20H3 Chapter : Eritrea Goes Global.doc
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The eritrean government promptly set up a national defense bank account and the donations flowed in. It is worth noting, moreover, that these donations were not earmarked as humanitarian aid to alleviate the suffering caused by war but were aimed at bolstering the. As these activities suggest, nationalism remains a burning passion for eritreans and one that is not dimmed by their transnational mobility or participation in global circuits. For eritreans, nationalism and transnationalism do not oppose each other but intertwine in complexwa ys in the globalized spaces of diaspora, in cyberspace, and in new definitions of citizenship and state citizen relations advanced by the eritrean state. The rise of transnational connections is causing the nation to decline in importance. This article explores the relation between nationalism and transnationalism in constructions of. It seeks to reveal how and why nationalism and the nation-state remain significant for eritreans not only despite global linkages but because of them.
