Ethnicity and the long-term perspective : the African experience
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The debate about ethnicity in sub-Saharan Africa has come to an uneasy consensus in the 1990s, but it has to be asked if we are really close to a solution. How can comparative and historical views help to inform the debate? In this work, seven scholars bring in a long-term perspective to ethno-cultural solidarities, which they explore within a multi-disciplinary framework. This return to the 'heart of the ethnic group', twenty-five years after Elikia M'Bokolo's and Jean-Loup Amselle's path-breaking reinterpretation of ethnicity in Africa, argues for a reappraisal of approaches to ethnicity that have been adopted in recent decades. Focusing on two major geographical regions of the African continent - Senegambia including Guinea-Bissau and Sierra Leone, and the area of Southern Tanzania and the northern half of Mozambique -, the chapters in this volume provide a new historical interpretation of the processes of identity-building in sub-Saharan Africa.
| Original language | English |
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| Place of Publication | Oxford |
| Publisher | Peter Lang International Academic Publishers |
| Number of pages | 215 |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783034303378 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
Publication series
| Name | CEAUP Studies on Africa |
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| Publisher | Peter Lang International Acdemic Publishers |
| No. | 1 |
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