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02760aam a2200409 i 4500 001 9CEED508E96D11E8978F920F97128E48 003 SILO 005 20181116010210 008 180420s2018 mdu b 001 0 eng c 010 $a 2018009170 020 $a 1498564607 020 $a 9781498564601 035 $a (OCoLC)1027823382 040 $a IEN/DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f------ 050 00 $a DT31 $b .F34 2018 082 04 $a 320.96 $2 23 100 1 $a Fawole, W. Alade, $e author. 245 14 $a The illusion of the post-colonial state : $b governance and security challenges in Africa / $c W. Alade Fawole. 264 1 $a Lanham : $b Lexington Books, $c [2018] 300 $a xviii, 235 pages ; $c 24 cm. 490 1 $a African governance and development 505 0 $a Preface: is Africa post-colonial, neo-colonial, or post-colonized? -- Part I: Colonial rule, disengagement and the post-colonial state -- Introduction and conceptual discourse -- Colonial rule and the political architecture of the post-colonial state -- The grant of independence: imperialist conspiracy and the subversion of the post-colonial state -- Britain and the orchestration of pseudo-decolonization -- The role of France in the subversion of the post-colonial state -- Portugal: forced decolonization and its consequences -- The United States and the political and economic destabilization of Africa -- Part II: Regional examples of illusive post-colonial states -- Nigeria: the illusive post-colony -- Mali: from instability to insurgency and near obliteration -- Somalia: from state collapse to rogue state -- Algeria: descent into dictatorship -- Democratic republic of Congo: the colony that never became a state -- Mozambique: from revolutionary possibilities to contrived instability and state failure -- Contemporary nation-building, governance, and security challenges in Africa -- Conclusion: The illusive post-colonial state: what hope for survival?. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 650 0 $a Postcolonialism $z Africa. 651 0 $a Africa $x Colonial influence. 651 0 $a Africa $x Politics and government. 650 7 $a Colonial influence. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01352432 650 7 $a Politics and government. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919741 650 7 $a Postcolonialism. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01073032 651 7 $a Africa. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01239509 776 08 $i Online version: $a Fawole, W. Alade, author. $t Illusion of the post-colonial state $d Lanham : Lexington Books, 2018 $z 9781498564618 $w (DLC) 2018024116 830 0 $a African governance and development. 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20191217022852.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=9CEED508E96D11E8978F920F97128E48Initiate Another SILO Locator Search