Visions of African unity : new perspectives on the history of pan-Africanism and African unification projects

Visions of African unity : new perspectives on the history of pan-Africanism and African unification projects / edited by Matteo Grilli, Frank Gerits.

This collection of essays analyzes different iterations of African unity, exploring the political and cultural visions that informed projects aimed at African unification. It explores the cultural, economic and non-state aspects of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) as the principal institution...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Grilli, Matteo, 1985- (Editor), Gerits, Frank (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Series:African histories and modernities.
Subjects:
African Union.
African Union
Since 1960
Pan-Africanism.
Pan-Africanism
Politics and government
Africa > Politics and government > 1960-
Africa
Online Access:Click for online access
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • Part I Imagining and Debating African Unity
  • 2. A Different Kind of Union: An Assassination, Diplomatic Recognition, and Competing Visions of African Unity in Ghana-Togo Relations, 1956-1963
  • 3. Thinking East African: Debating Federation and Regionalism, 1960-1977
  • 4. Kwame Nkrumah and the All-African Trade Union Federation: Labour and the Emancipation of Africa
  • 5. African Unity and the Process of Integration from the Grassroots: The Case of Mali and Senegal
  • Part II The Impact of African Liberation and Cold War on African Unity
  • 6. Visions of Unity: Southern Africa and Liberation
  • 7. Between Continent and Country: Botswana, National Liberation, and Pan-Africanist Challenges, 1960s-1980s
  • 8. The Trajectory of Liberation: Insurgencies from Portuguese Colonialism and Their Contribution to Pan-Africanism and Solidarism Within an Emerging African International Society
  • 9. In Between Cold War politics: The OAU Consultative Committee and Anglo-American Diplomacy in the Nigerian Civil War, 1967-1970
  • 10. 'Between their hands a fabulous geography is born': The Maghreb Generation and the Fight to Decolonize and Unite Africa's Minds
  • Part III From The OAU to the AU: Historical Trajectories
  • 11. Embracing State Security: The Peace and Security Norms and Structures of the Organisation of African Unity, 1963-1993
  • 12. What a Difference a Decade Makes: Understanding Security Policy Reversals Between the Organisation of African Unity and the African Union
  • 13. Reflections About the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights Twenty Years After the Ouagadougou Protocol
  • 14. Unity or Identity? How the Ambivalences of the African Union's Collective Identity Formation Play Out in Contemporary African Politics. The Case of the 2015 Burundi Crisis
  • 15. How Africa Can Unite
  • Part IV Postscript
  • 16. Key Primary Information Sources Emanating from the Organization of African Unity (OAU) and the African Union (AU): From the Lagos Plan of Action to Agenda 2063.

Similar Items