The African Bourgeoisie : Capitalist Development in Nigeria, Kenya, and the Ivory Coast

Evaluates the role of indigenous capitalism and capitalists in Black Africa's most successful capitalist states: Nigeria, Kenya, and the Ivory Coast. Contents List of Tables Acknowledgments Part 1 Issues, Theories, and Method 1 The African Bourgeoisie: Debates, Methods, and Units of Analysis 2 The Role of a National Bourgeoisie in the Current Phase of Capitalist Development: Some Reflections Part 2 African Capitalist Classes in Historical Perspective Introduction 3 Peasantry, Merchant Capital, and the Colonial State: Class in Northern Nigeria, 1900-1945 4 When the Knees Began Wearing the Hat: Commercial Agriculture and Social Transformation in Assikasso, the Ivory Coast, 1880-1940 5 Indigenous Capitalism in Postcolonial Kenya Part 3 The Agrarian Origins of African Capitalist Classes Introduction 6 Green Capitalism in Nigeria 7 The Development of Agrarian Capitalist Classes in the Ivory Coast, 1945-1975 Part 4 The Role of the State in African Capitalism Introduction 8 Indigenization and the Nigerian Bourgeoisie: Dependent Development in an African Context 9 The State and Capitalist Development in the Ivory Coast Part 5 The Transition to Industrial Capitalism Introduction 10 State Capital, Capitalist Development, and Class Formation in Nigeria 11 Industry and Capitalism in Kenya: Contributions to a Debate 12 The Future of the African Bourgeoisie Bibliography The Contributors Index