A New Paradigm of the African State : Fundi Wa Afrika

Introduction: The Rationale for a New Theory of the African State -- Theories of the African State: Modernization, Dependency, and Statist -- Reconstructionist Theories of the African State -- Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions -- The African Colonial and Post-Colonial State -- Genocide: African Natural Resources and the West -- Africa in the World Economy: Globalization and Re-Colonization -- The Congo State in Historical Perspective I: Indigenous Congolese Political Systems and Institutions -- The Congo State in Historical Perspective II: From the Congo Free State to the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- South Africa: Indigenous African Political Institutions and the Foreign Encounter -- South Africa: Indigenous African Political Institutions -- South Africa: Apartheid, the African National Congress (ANC), and Public Service Delivery by the ANC Government, 1948-2006 -- Fundi Wa Afrika: A New Paradigm of the African State -- Conclusion: Toward a Federation of African States.;Offers a historical, multidisciplinary perspective on African political systems and institutions, ranging from Antiquity (Egypt, Kush and Axum) to the present with particular focus on their destruction through successive exogenous processes including the Atlantic slave trade, imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism or globalization. Offers a historical, multidisciplinary perspective on African political systems and institutions, ranging from Antiquity (Egypt, Kush and Axum) to the present with particular focus on their destruction through successive exogenous processes including the Atlantic slave trade, imperialism, colonialism and neo-colonialism or globalization. This book takes a multidisciplinary and long-term historical perspective to study the evolution of African political systems and institutions. It ranges from Antiquity (Egypt, Kush, and Axum) to the present, with a particular focus on the destruction of these political systems and institutions through successive exogenous processes, including the Atlantic slave trade, imperialism, colonialism, and neo-colonialism or globalization "The authors introduce a new paradigm to study the African state, Fundi wa Afrika. According to this paradigm, the current African predicament may be explained by the systematic destruction of African states and the dispossetion, exploitation, and marginalization of African people through successive historical processes - the trans-Atlantic slave trade, imperialism, colonialism, and globalization. In this book, the authors argue that a new, viable, and modern African state based on the five political entities - the Federation of African States - should be built on the functional remnants of indiginous African political systems and institutions and based on African values, traditions, and culture."--Jacket. Front Matter....Pages i-xiii Introduction....Pages 1-9 Theories of the African State....Pages 11-22 Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions....Pages 23-47 The African Colonial and Postcolonial States....Pages 49-62 Genocide....Pages 63-83 Africa in the World Economy....Pages 85-102 The Congo State in Historical Perspective I....Pages 103-118 The Congo State in Historical Perspective II....Pages 119-137 South Africa....Pages 139-161 South Africa....Pages 163-189 A New Paradigm of the African State....Pages 191-210 Conclusion Toward A Federation Of African States (Fas)....Pages 211-216 Back Matter....Pages 217-271

This book takes a multidisciplinary and long-term historical perspective to study the evolution of African political systems and institutions. It ranges from Antiquity (Egypt, Kush, and Axum) to the present, with a particular focus on the destruction of these political systems and institutions through successive exogenous processes, including the Atlantic slave trade, imperialism, colonialism, and neo-colonialism or globalization.