Self-determination and secession in Africa : the post-colonial state / edited by Redie Bereketeab.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bereketeab, Redie.

Series:

Routledge Studies in African Development

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Self-determination, National--Africa.

Self-determination, National.

Secession--Africa.

Secession.

Decolonization--Africa.

Decolonization.

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Africa--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (295 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Routledge, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book provides a unique comparative study of the major secessionist and self-determination movements in post-colonial Africa, examining theory, international law, charters of the United Nations, and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)/African Union's (AU) stance on the issue. The book explores whether self-determination and secessionism lead to peace, stability, development and democratisation in conflict-ridden societies, particularly looking at the outcomes in Eritrea and South Sudan. The book covers all the major attempts at self-determination and secession on the continent, extensi

Contents:

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Part I Conceptions, international law and charters; 1 Self-determination and secession: African challenges; 2 Acquisition of autonomy: Application of the right of self-determination in Africa; 3 The OAU doctrine on colonial boundaries and conflicts of separation in the Horn of Africa; Part II Non-colonial creation successful secession case: South Sudan; 4 Political history of Southern Sudan before independence of the Sudan; 5 Sudan''s first civil war for self-determination

6 Second civil war: Creation of the united ''New Sudan''Part III Colonial creation unsuccessful cases of self-determination: Somaliland and Zanzibar; 7 Guests in our own houses: Somaliland and British colonialism; 8 Less and more than the sum of its parts: The failed merger of Somaliland and Somalia and the tragic quest for ''Greater Somalia''; 9 Identifying challenges to winning international recognition and its prospects in Somaliland; 10 The Zanzibar secessionist sentiments: Can regional integration theory provide insights into the phenomenon?

Part IV Identity groups claiming secession that failed11 Why Katanga''s quest for self-determination and secession failed; 12 Nigeria and the Biafran war of secession: When national unity triumphs over self-determination?; 13 The paradoxes of secessionism amongst the Tuareg in Northern Mali; Part V Colonially created, annexed by neighbouring countries cases; 14 Namibia''s negotiated transition to independence; 15 Eritrea, a colonial creation: A case of aborted decolonisation; 16 The Saharawi people''s quest for self-determination: The complexities of unachieved decolonisation; Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-317-64968-0

1-138-65973-8

1-315-76290-0

1-317-64969-9

9781315762906

OCLC:

887502701