Manby, Bronwen 
ORCID: 0000-0002-7027-0431
(2024)
Citizenship in post-independence Africa.
In: García Cabeza, Marisol and Faist, Thomas, (eds.)
Encyclopedia of Citizenship Studies.
Elgar Encyclopedias in the Social Sciences series.
Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, 330 - 335.
ISBN 9781800880450
Abstract
The legal and political framing of contemporary African citizenships are inextricably linked to the continent’s history of colonisation by European powers. The carving up of the continent, and the imposition or dissolution of political institutions and boundaries without respect for the pre-existing polities, was followed by the intermittent adjustment of borders and jurisdictions among the colonial powers, and then the reimposition of smaller political units after, what was in most places, a sudden transition to independence with little time for the development of new institutions within the borders of the new states. This chapter reviews the impact not only colonisation had on countries’ post-independence citizenship, but also the impact of decolonisation and how these newly independent countries handled nation-building.
| Item Type: | Book Section |
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| Additional Information: | © Marisol García Cabeza and Thomas Faist 2024 |
| Divisions: | Middle East Centre |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JV Colonies and colonization. Emigration and immigration. International migration |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Nov 2025 16:30 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Nov 2025 16:15 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/130240 |
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