Historicising nationalism in Africa

dc.contributor.authorLarmer, Miles
dc.contributor.authorLecocq, Baz
dc.date.accessioned2018-12-14T11:28:33Z
dc.date.issued2018-10
dc.description.abstractThis paper proposes rethinking nationalism as a political ideology and force in Africa outside the boundaries of the postcolonial African state. It argues against national histories and for histories of the construction of African nationalisms. In analysing the anti‐colonial basis of nationalism globally, it argues that the basis for African nationalism is similar to and not distinct from dominant nationalist processes elsewhere. The paper analyses the problematic historiography of African nationalism, arguing that the focus on political outcomes – the independent nation‐state – has distorted and distracted from a necessary historical focus on process, best understood as involving competing and contested nationalisms before and after national independence. Having identified a wave of recent literature that analyses such competing nationalisms across the continent, the paper sets out a research agenda for systematic historical analysis of African nationalism.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentHistorical and Heritage Studiesen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2020-10-01
dc.description.librarianhj2018en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14698129en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationLarmer, M. & Lecocq, B. 2018, 'Historicising nationalism in Africa', Nations and Nationalism, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 893-917.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1354-5078 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1469-8129 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1111/nana.12448
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/68110
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherWileyen_ZA
dc.rights© The author(s) 2018. Nations and Nationalism © ASEN/John Wiley & Sons Ltd 2018. This is the pre-peer reviewed version of the following article : 'Historicising nationalism in Africa', Nations and Nationalism, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 893-917, 2018, doi : 10.1111/nana.12448. The definite version is available at : https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14698129.en_ZA
dc.subjectAfricaen_ZA
dc.subjectHistoryen_ZA
dc.subjectNationalismen_ZA
dc.subjectTheories of nationalismen_ZA
dc.titleHistoricising nationalism in Africaen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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