This text discusses pre-colonial Africa, the increasing European intest in the continent, the European partition and the subsequent colonial rule and de-colonization. The consequence of this inheritance is examined. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; HBJH; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340. . 1995. 1st Edition. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Title: The African Inheritance
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Date: 1995
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0415010926
ISBN 13: 9780415010924
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New

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Africa is a continent gripped by civil wars and widespread famine. The causes of many of the continent's problems are deep rooted and can be traced to Africa's colonial past, when European powers divided the spoils of the continent into separate sovereign states.
The African Inheritance examines the effect this "balkanization" of Africa has had, and is having, on the political and economic well-being of the continent.
From a brief history of pre-colonial Africa and its subsequent European partition and inevitable decolonization, the book discusses the consequences of such an inheritance: small and weak states, destructive secessionist movements, irredentism and African imperialism. Attempts to tackle these problems and assert independent development are inhibited by the colonial inheritance.

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Ieuan L l. Griffiths is Reader in Geography in the School of African and Asian Studies at the University of Sussex.

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