kind of outlook. The African elite – many of whom became head of states of their various countries – were educated in France and other European countries, and this persists still today. It is rare to find an African leader who did not study in Europe
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Valery B. Ferim
always puppets. Such approaches thus overemphasise the role of external influences in the analyses of the causes of the continent’s marginalisation and ignore the damage caused by poor policy choices of African leaders. Besides, it should be noted that
Erasing the Nation
The Historiography of African Nationalism in Conqueror South Africa
Terblanche Delport
Africans held 46% of the vote can, according to Walshe, be described as one of the pivotal influences on the African leaders of the nineteenth century ( Walshe 1973 ). Walshe sees the turning point in political mobilisation around 1911, following several
Lawrence Ogbo Ugwuanyi
-rooted ideologies such as Senghor’s negritude and Nkrumah’s consciencism, which has attracted weak attention or failed to garner appreciation from the policy mechanism of African leaders, it is important to begin to ask necessary questions that will enable us to re
Pan-African Linguistic and Cultural Unity
A Basis For pan-Africanism and the African Renaissance
Simphiwe Sesanti
, kept alive and burning by some African leaders who, driven by destructive tribalism, have misused their power to privilege their own ethnic groups at the expense of others. It is leaders who in word and practice, demonstrate commitment to the entire
The Economics of Decolonisation
Institutions, Education and Elite Formation
Nicola Viegi
3 provides some evidence that francophone West African elites were professionally inclined to government occupations during the period between 1947 and 1952. The figures show that about three-quarters of francophone West African leaders represented
Florian Helfer
potential scope of action the African leaders might have had.” Yet on only four double pages the book does not provide the necessary background knowledge to enable students to come up with a nuanced and well-founded answer. Generally, the chapter is a lot
In German Politics and Society
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- 01 Mar 2021
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- 79–99 (21 total)
Decolonising Borders
Re-imagining Strangeness and Spaces
John Sodiq Sanni
Africans towards fellow Africans. The struggle for independence, which gave birth to African leaders who fought for liberation, has also resulted in a strong and unprecedented demand for exclusive recognition. I refer to this exclusive recognition as
Sophie Nakueira
outflow of irregular migrants coming to Europe through bilateral or multilateral agreements ( Betts and Milner 2006: 3 ). However, as Betts argues, African leaders have often been sidelined. This has prompted African leaders to accuse Western countries of
In The Cambridge Journal of Anthropology
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- 01 Sep 2019
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- 39–56 (18 total)
Timothy M. Shaw and Abigail Kabandula
( UNECA, 2011 , 2012 ). At least some African elites now seem to be able to take advantage of the withdrawal of the North to chart a new course for the continent's development through development regionalism(s). African leaders, businesses, and ordinary
In Regions and Cohesion
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- 01 Dec 2020
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- 72–84 (13 total)