Precolonial Communities in Postcolonial Africa : The Resilience of Indigenous Groups in Contemporary Politics.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Cooper, Allan D., editor.

Cooper, Allan, editor.

Oritsejafor, Emmanuel O., editor.

Oritsejafor, Emmanuel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Africa--Politics and government.

Indigenous peoples.

Africa--Colonial influence.

Africa.

Africa--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (215 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

A unique collection examining how state structures in Africa often produce inequality and corruption - and how empowering Indigenous knowledges and practices can provide solutions.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

CONTENTS

List of Illustrations

List of Contributors

Chapter 1 THE AFRICAN STATE AS A CONCEPTUAL PROBLEM Allan D. Cooper and Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor

Chapter 2 FROM STATE TO VISION: KONGO, 1400-2020 John Thornton

Chapter 3 THE FANG PEOPLE OF EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GABON AND CAMEROON Ayong and muadjang (or how to build a transnational ethnicity) Yolanda Aixelà-Cabré

Chapter 4 THE DYNAMISM AND RESILIENCE OF TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY: THE CASE OF THE BENIN KINGDOM Emmanuel O. Oritsejafor

Chapter 5 THE AKAN PEOPLE: GHANA AND IVORY COAST Kwame Osei Kwarteng, Peter Boakye and Martha Alibah

Chapter 6 TRADITIONAL KRU STATES IN LIBERIA George Klay Kieh Jr.

Chapter 7 THE OROMO PEOPLE IN NORTH-EAST AFRICA Asafa Jalata

Chapter 8 THE OVAMBO PEOPLE AS A DECENTRALIZED KINGDOM Allan D. Cooper

Index.

ISBN:

1-350-59211-0

1-350-59213-7

OCLC:

1587324171