Rethinking African Politics: A History of Opposition in Zambia

by Miles Larmer

In 1964 Kenneth Kaunda and his United National Independence Party (UNIP) government established the nation of Zambia in the former British colony of Northern Rhodesia. In parallel with many other newly independent countries in Africa this process of decolonisation created a wave of optimism regarding humanity's capacity to overcome oppression and poverty. Yet, as this study shows, in Zambia as in many other countries, the legacy of colonialism created...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138251143
• ISBN13: 9781138251144
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 340 Pages