Welz - Africa since Decolonization

Africa since Decolonization

Home to more than 1.2 billion people, living in 54 recognized states, speaking around 3,000 languages, Africa is a diverse and complex continent made up of states, which differ in regard to their colonial history, political system, socioeconomic development, economic polices, and their experience with crises and conflicts. This introduction and overview of African history and politics since decolonization emphasises throughout, the diversity of the continent. Organized thematically to include chapters on decolonization and its legacies, external influences, economics, political systems, inter-African relations, crises, conflicts and conflict management, and Africa s external relations, Martin Welz strikes a fine balance between the use of contextual information, analysis, case studies, and examples with theoretical debates in development, politics, and global policy. Accessible to students at all levels, it counters histories that offer reductive explanations of complex issues, and offers new insights into the role African actors have played in influencing international affairs beyond the continent.

Martin Welz is Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Hamburg. He is the author of Integrating Africa: Decolonization s Legacies, Sovereignty and the African Union (2012) and numerous articles on conflict management in Africa, the relations between the African Union and the United Nations, Africa s role in the world, and on the impact of former liberation fighters.

Africa since Decolonization

The History and Politics of a Diverse Continent

Martin Welz

University of Hamburg

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DOI: 10.1017/9781108599566

Martin Welz 2021

Originally published in German as Afrika seit der Dekolonisation: Geschichte und Politik eines Kontinents by Martin Welz. Published by W. Kohlhammer (2020) Stuttgart, Germany.

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First published 2021

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Names: Welz, Martin, Dr., author.

Title: Africa since decolonization : the history and politics of a diverse continent / Martin Welz.

Description: Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020027594 (print) | LCCN 2020027595 (ebook) | ISBN 9781108474887 (hardback) | ISBN 9781108465564 (paperback) | ISBN 9781108599566 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Decolonization Africa. | Africa History 1960- | Africa Politics and government 1960- | Africa Foreign relations 1960-

Classification: LCC DT30.5 .W465 2021 (print) | LCC DT30.5 (ebook) | DDC 960.32 dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020027594

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020027595

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