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Post-colonial Nations in Historical and Cultural Context

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Using historical and anthropological analysis, in Post-colonial Nations in Historical and Cultural Context, Dmitri M. Bondarenko examines nation-building in Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. He examines the nation and state as concepts and how these are changing globally, particularly in regard to the idea that the fundamental characteristic of a nation is a culturally homogeneous community. This feature became a cornerstone of the concept of the nation at its formation in the West by the end of the eighteenth century, but post-colonial migration flows from the Global South to the Global North are increasing multi-culturalism in the North. In contrast, liberated states of Asia and Africa have been multi-cultural from earlier on as they inherited the colonial borders in which typically many peoples were united. Throughout the book, Bondarenko argues that this history of multi-culturalism is an advantage to development in the Global South and that it's necessary to depart from the classical, Western concept of the nation to simultaneously support citizen unity while preserving cultural diversity.
Dmitri M. Bondarenko is professor of ethnology at Lomonosov Moscow State University.
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. The Nation and Modernity Chapter 2. Colonialism - Post-colonialism - Nations Chapter 3. Post-colonial Nations in Historical and Cultural Context: Three Cases Chapter 4. Nation-Building in Post-colonial Countries in Historical and Cultural Context of Our Time Conclusion References About the Author
A brilliant translation of an original book that will continue to provoke the set of initial conversations, while retaining the permanence of the arguments of the African nation state, and the applicability of notions on state, nation and culture. This is a gem. -- Toyin Falola, Extraordinary Professor of Human Rights, The University of the Free State
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