Self-Determination and Secession in Africa : The Post-Colonial State

This book provides a unique comparative study of the major secessionist and self-determination movements in post-colonial Africa, examining theory, international law, charters of the United Nations, and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)/African Union's (AU) stance on the issue. The book explores whether self-determination and secessionism lead to peace, stability, development and democratisation in conflict-ridden societies, particularly looking at the outcomes in Eritrea and South Sudan. The book covers all the major attempts at self-determination and secession on the continent, extensi

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	Bereketeab, Redie
Publisher:	Hoboken : Taylor and Francis
Subject:	Afrika \| Africa \| Sezession \| Secession

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Extent:	Online-Ressource (295 p)
Series:	Routledge Studies in African Development Routledge Studies in African Development Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Part I Conceptions, international law and charters; 1 Self-determination and secession: African challenges; 2 Acquisition of autonomy: Application of the right of self-determination in Africa; 3 The OAU doctrine on colonial boundaries and conflicts of separation in the Horn of Africa; Part II Non-colonial creation successful secession case: South Sudan; 4 Political history of Southern Sudan before independence of the Sudan; 5 Sudan's first civil war for self-determination 6 Second civil war: Creation of the united 'New Sudan'Part III Colonial creation unsuccessful cases of self-determination: Somaliland and Zanzibar; 7 Guests in our own houses: Somaliland and British colonialism; 8 Less and more than the sum of its parts: The failed merger of Somaliland and Somalia and the tragic quest for 'Greater Somalia'; 9 Identifying challenges to winning international recognition and its prospects in Somaliland; 10 The Zanzibar secessionist sentiments: Can regional integration theory provide insights into the phenomenon? Part IV Identity groups claiming secession that failed11 Why Katanga's quest for self-determination and secession failed; 12 Nigeria and the Biafran war of secession: When national unity triumphs over self-determination?; 13 The paradoxes of secessionism amongst the Tuareg in Northern Mali; Part V Colonially created, annexed by neighbouring countries cases; 14 Namibia's negotiated transition to independence; 15 Eritrea, a colonial creation: A case of aborted decolonisation; 16 The Saharawi people's quest for self-determination: The complexities of unachieved decolonisation; Index
ISBN:	978-1-317-64969-4 ; 978-1-317-64969-4 ; 978-1-138-79081-0
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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