Minorities and the state in Africa / edited by Michael U. Mbanaso and Chima J. Korieh.

Other author Mbanaso, Michael U.
Other author Korieh, Chima J. (Chima Jacob), 1962-
Format Book
Publication InfoAmherst, NY : Cambria Press, ©2010.
Descriptionxiv, 352 pages : maps ; 24 cm
Subjects
Minorities--Civil rights. --Africa.
Minorities--Africa. --Social conditions.
State, The.
Human rights--Africa.
Africa--Politics and government.
Africa--Social conditions.
Africa--Ethnic relations.

Contents Minority groups and human rights in Africa : an overview / E. Ike Udogu -- Between belonging and alienation : the Indian minority in South Africa / Edward Ramsamy -- The failure of transformative minority politics in Algeria : the Kabyli citizens' movement and the state / Jacob Mundy -- A tale of two minorities : the state of the Gaboye and Bantu communities of Somalia / Mohamed A. Eno and Omar A. Eno -- "Ijebu a b'eyan?" ("Ijebu or human being?") : nineteenth-century origins of discrimination against Ijebu settlers in colonial Ibadan, Nigeria / Saheed Aderinto -- The Tonga people of Zimbabwe : historical memories and contemporary challenges of a minority society / Ivan Marowa -- A minority in the middle : ethnic Baluba, the Portuguese colonial state, and the Companhia de Diamantes de Angola (Diamang) / Todd Cleveland -- Migrant labor, industrial ethnicity, urban violence, and the state in colonial Zimbabwe : the case of migrant workers in Harare / Kudakwashe Manganga -- Anglophone minority and the state in Cameroon : historical and contemporary perspectives / Walters Samah -- The Nigerian state and multiple minorities / J. Shola Omotola -- The state and minority agitation in Nigeria / R. T. Akinyele.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009048877
ISBN9781604976694 (alk. paper)
ISBN1604976691 (alk. paper)

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