Self-determination and secession in Africa : the post-colonial state / edited by Redie Bereketeab. - xii, 281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references.

Conceptions, international law and charters. Self-determination and secession : African challenges / Acquisition of autonomy : the right of self-determination in international law / The OAU doctrine on colonial boundaries and conflicts of separation in the Horn of Africa / Non-colonial creation successful secession case : South Sudan. Political history of Southern Sudan before independence of the Sudan / Sudan first civil war for self-determination -- Second civil war creation of the united 'New Sudan' / Colonial creation unsuccessful cases of self-determination: Somaliland and Zanzibar. Guests in our houses: Somaliland and British colonialism / Less and more than the sum of its parts : the failed merger of Somaliland and Somalia and the tragic quest for 'Greater Somalia' / Identifying challenges against winning an international recognition and its prospects : the case of Somaliland / The Zanzibar secessionist sentiments : can regional integration theory provide insights into the phenomenon? / Identity groups claiming secession that failed. Why Katanga's quest for self-determination and secession failed / Nigeria and the Biafran war of secession : when national unity triumphs over self-determination? / The paradoxes of secessionism among Tuarag in northern Mali / Colonially created, annexed by neighbouring countries cases. Namibia's negotiation to independence / Eritrea a colonial creation : a case of aborted decolonisation / The arduous quest of the Saharawi people for self-determination : the complexities of unachieved decolonization / Redie Bereketeab -- Dan Kuwali -- Kidane Mengisteab. -- Samson Samuel Wassara -- Leben Nelson Moro. Ladan Affi -- Abdirahman Yusuf Duale (Bobe) -- Adam Haji-Ali Ahmed -- Francis Matambalya. Tukumbi Lumumba-Kasongo / Godwin Onuoha and Cyril Obi -- Ole Martin Gaasholt. Henning Melber -- Redie Bereketeab -- Belkacem Iratni. pt. 1. ch. 1. ch. 2. ch. 3. pt. 2. ch. 4. ch. 5. ch. 6. pt. 3. ch. 7. ch. 8. ch. 9. ch. 10. pt. 4. ch. 11. ch. 12. ch. 13. pt. 5. ch. 14. ch. 15. ch. 16.

9781138790810 (hardback)

2014006843


Self-determination, National--Africa.
Secession--Africa.
Decolonization--Africa.


Africa--politics and government--1960-
Africa--History--Autonomy and independence movements.

320.15 / SEL