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A New Paradigm of the African State

Fundi wa Afrika

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Introduction

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 1-9
  3. Theories of the African State

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 11-22
  4. Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 23-47
  5. The African Colonial and Postcolonial States

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 49-62
  6. Genocide

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 63-83
  7. Africa in the World Economy

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 85-102
  8. The Congo State in Historical Perspective I

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 103-118
  9. The Congo State in Historical Perspective II

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 119-137
  10. South Africa

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 139-161
  11. South Africa

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 163-189
  12. A New Paradigm of the African State

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 191-210
  13. Conclusion Toward A Federation Of African States (Fas)

    • Mueni wa Muiu, Guy Martin
    Pages 211-216
  14. Back Matter

    Pages 217-271

About this book

Offers a historical, multidisciplinary perspective on African political systems and institutions, ranging from Antiquity (Egypt, Kush and Axum) to the present with particular focus on their destruction through successive exogenous processes including the Atlantic slave trade, imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism or globalization.

About the authors


MUENI MA MUIU is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Winston-Salem State University, USA.
GUY MARTIN is Professor of Political Science at Winston-Salem State University, USA.  

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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