Ethnicity and Nationalism in Africa features a series of 'constructivist' contributions by leading scholars in the field of ethnicity and nationalism, and explo

Hameso seeks an alternative to the western style state nations that were imposed in Africa during colonialism and are currently being pushed heavily by the west

The papers included in this volume are selections from the forty contributions that were made at the seminar in Kericho, Kenya from 28-31 1995. The Theme of the

The politics of identity and ethnicity will remain a fundamental characteristic of African modernity. For this reason, historians and anthropologists have joine

Identifies 'backwardness', social segregation, elite manipulation and mass demand for change as the main causes of ethnic conflict.