An Analysis of Mahmood Mamdani's Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism...

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Meike de Goede

An Analysis of Mahmood Mamdani's Citizen and Subject

Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism

Meike de Goede

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Macat International Limited
05 July 2017

History; Philosophy; Study & learning skills: general; Political science & theory

Series: The Macat Library

Mahmood Mamdani’s 1996 Citizen and Subject is a powerful work of analysis that lays bare the sources of the problems that plagued, and often still plague, African governments.

Analysis is one of the broadest and most fundamental critical thinking skills, and involves understanding the structure and features of arguments. Mamdani’s strong analytical skills form the basis of an original investigation of the problems faced by the independent African governments in the wake of the collapse of the colonial regimes imposed by European powers such has Great Britain and France. It had long been clear that these newly-independent governments faced many problems – corruption, the imposition of anti-democratic rule, and many basic failures of day-to-day governance. They also tended to replicate many of the racially and ethnically prejudiced structures that were part of colonial rule. Mamdani analyses the many arguments about the sources of these problems, drawing out their hidden implications and assumptions in order to clear the way for his own creative new vision of the way to overcome the obstacles to democratization in Africa.

A dense and brilliant analysis of the true nature of colonialism’s legacy in Africa, Mamdani’s book remains influential to this day.

By: Meike de Goede
Imprint: Macat International Limited
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
Weight: 128g
ISBN: 9781912128693
ISBN 10: 1912128691
Series: The Macat Library
Pages: 112
Publication Date: 05 July 2017
Audience: College/higher education , General/trade , Primary , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Dr Meike de Goede holds a PhD in International Relations from the University of St Andrews, and is currently a university lecturer in African history at Leiden University. Her work focuses on the Late Colonial and Early Post-Colonial period in French Equatorial Africa.