Visions of African Unity

Frank Gerits

ISBN 10: 303052910X / ISBN 13: 9783030529109

Published by Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland Feb 2021, 2021

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This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -This collection of essays analyzes different iterations of African unity, exploring the political and cultural visions that informed projects aimed at African unification. It explores the cultural, economic and non-state aspects of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) as the principal institution dedicated to the cooperation of African states, from its establishment in 1963 to its transformation into the African Union (AU) in 2000, as well as how ideas of African unity shaped the Cold War and African liberation struggles. Bringing together contributors from a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds across Africa, Europe and the US, this book investigates the ideological origins and historiography of Pan-African and unification projects, and considers how African intellectuals, leaders and populations engaged with these ideas. 456 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Visions of African Unity
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland Feb 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 303052910X
• ISBN 13: 9783030529109
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 153H x 29D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 153 millimeters height by 29 millimeters depth
• Weight: 698 grams

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Synopsis

This collection of essays analyzes different iterations of African unity, exploring the political and cultural visions that informed projects aimed at African unification. It explores the cultural, economic and non-state aspects of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) as the principal institution dedicated to the cooperation of African states, from its establishment in 1963 to its transformation into the African Union (AU) in 2000, as well as how ideas of African unity shaped the Cold War and African liberation struggles. Bringing together contributors from a diverse range of disciplinary backgrounds across Africa, Europe and the US, this book investigates the ideological origins and historiography of Pan-African and unification projects, and considers how African intellectuals, leaders and populations engaged with these ideas. 

About the Author

Matteo Grilli is a postdoctoral fellow in the International Studies Group at the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa. He specializes in decolonization and Pan-Africanism. He is the author of Nkrumaism and African Nationalism: Ghana’s Pan-African Foreign Policy in the Age of Decolonization (Palgrave Macmillan, 2018).

Frank Gerits is Assistant Professor in the History of International Relations at Utrecht University, the Netherlands. He previously held postdoctoral positions at New York University, USA, and the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein, South Africa.