Visions of African unity : new perspectives on the history of pan-Africanism and African unification projects / edited by Matteo Grilli, Frank Gerits.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grilli, Matteo, 1985- editor.

Gerits, Frank, editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Series:

African histories and modernities

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Union.

Pan-Africanism.

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations.

Other Title:

New perspectives on the history of pan-Africanism and African unification projects

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2020]

System Details:

text file

Contents:

1. Introduction

Part I Imagining and Debating African Unity

2. A Different Kind of Union: An Assassination, Diplomatic Recognition, and Competing Visions of African Unity in Ghana-Togo Relations, 1956-1963

3. Thinking East African: Debating Federation and Regionalism, 1960-1977

4. Kwame Nkrumah and the All-African Trade Union Federation: Labour and the Emancipation of Africa

5. African Unity and the Process of Integration from the Grassroots: The Case of Mali and Senegal

Part II The Impact of African Liberation and Cold War on African Unity

6. Visions of Unity: Southern Africa and Liberation

7. Between Continent and Country: Botswana, National Liberation, and Pan-Africanist Challenges, 1960s-1980s

8. The Trajectory of Liberation: Insurgencies from Portuguese Colonialism and Their Contribution to Pan-Africanism and Solidarism Within an Emerging African International Society

9. In Between Cold War politics: The OAU Consultative Committee and Anglo-American Diplomacy in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970

10. 'Between their hands a fabulous geography is born': The Maghreb Generation and the Fight to Decolonize and Unite Africa's Minds

Part III From The OAU to the AU: Historical Trajectories

11. Embracing State Security: The Peace and Security Norms and Structures of the Organisation of African Unity, 1963-1993

12. What a Difference a Decade Makes: Understanding Security Policy Reversals Between the Organisation of African Unity and the African Union

13. Reflections About the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Twenty Years After the Ouagadougou Protocol

14. Unity or Identity? How the Ambivalences of the African Union's Collective Identity Formation Play Out in Contemporary African Politics. The Case of the 2015 Burundi Crisis

15. How Africa Can Unite

Part IV Postscript

16. Key Primary Information Sources Emanating from the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the African Union (AU): From the Lagos Plan of Action to Agenda 2063.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Henry Putney Beers Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Visions of African unity.

ISBN:

9783030529116

3030529118

Publisher Number:

99986732609

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.