Liberal Nationalism In Central Africa : A Biography of Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula
By: Macola, Giacomo (Author).
Palgrave Macmillan. Published: 12/03/2010. Audience Guide: Professional & Vocational.
Hardback. Sourced from U.S.A.
This book transforms our contemporary understanding of the recent political history of Central Africa. It charts the complex life and thought of Harry Nkumbula (ca. 1917-1983), the first openly nationalist African politician in Northern Rhodesia and, later, the leader of parliamentary opposition during Zambia's multi-party First Republic. Based mainly on his personal papers and the newly opened archives of UNIP, Zambia's ruling party between 1964 and 1991, the volume looks at how Nkumbula imagined a Zambian nation for the first time and, later, presented a liberal-democratic alternative to UNIP's state-led developmentalism. By exploring the trajectory of Nkumbula's ANC, a minority liberal party with strong ethnic roots, the book throws new light on the under-acknowledged fractiousness of Zambian nationalism. It warns against dismissing the ongoing democratization process as merely proof of the African elites' knack for eternally recycling themselves. Item Details
ISBN10/13: 0230622747/9780230622746
TITLE: Liberal Nationalism in Central Africa
CONTRIBUTORS: Macola, Giacomo (Author)
IMPRINT: Palgrave Macmillan
PUBLISHER: Palgrave Macmillan
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 12/03/2010
SUBJECT: History, Politics, African, Independence & Colonisation
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 159mm x 240mm
PAGES: 240
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Professional & Vocational
CONTENTS: Introduction: Historical Biography and Rival African Nationalisms Imagining the Nation: Methodism, History and Politics in Nkumbula's Early Years 'The Father of Zambian Politics' between Padmore and Maala The Explosion of Contradictions Nkumbula, UNIP and the Roots of Authoritarianism in Nationalist Zambia Resisting UNIP: Liberal Democracy and Ethnic Politics in Zambia's First Republic 'The Last Battle I Will Ever Fight': Nkumbula and the Drive towards the One-Party State Epilogue: Nkumbula's Last Initiatives and Legacy
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