The Black Man's Burden: Africa and the Curse of the Nation-State

Gail M. Gerhart · Basil Davidson

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African history and culture studies African Studies and Ethnography Colonial History and Postcolonial Studies

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Africa without history the road not taken shadows of neglected ancestors tribalism and the new nationalism the rise of the nation-state the challenge of nationalism the black man's burden pirates in power the Euopean parallel.

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