Book description
Basil Davidson on the nation-state in Africa and its huge disappointments, its relationship to the colonial years and the parallels with events in Eastern Europe.
North America: Times/Random House
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1 author picked The Black Man’s Burden as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Whenever I see suddenly this remarkable book on my bookshelves, I wonder how the author, writing in later years of his life, was able of combining his practical experience in Africa with his theoretical engagement of Africa. The author narrates sympathetically how African political elites who embraced Western alien institutions and state ideals failed to reconsider the reconfiguration of the nation-state on their continent.
From Mohamed's list on The best book on contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism.
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