Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism

by Mahmood Mamdani

Book Overview

In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism's legacy--a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects. Many writers have understood colonial rule as either "direct" (French) or "indirect" (British), with a third variant--apartheid--as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691027935
• ISBN13: 9780691027937
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.3"