Africa in World Affairs: Politics of Imperialism, the Cold War and Globalisation

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of contents
Maps
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
	References
1 Colonial, anti-colonial and post-colonial in continuum
	Africa: myths and realities
	Colonialism: phases and nature
	Colonialism in Africa
	The British colonial rule
	Lugard’s defence of imperialism
	Anti-colonial struggles in British Africa
	Anglophone Africa: intellectual responses to British rule
	Kwame Nkrumah (1909–1972)
		The controversial regime of Nkrumah
		Placing Nkrumah’s political ideas in perspective
	Julius Nyerere (1922–1999)
		Emergence of a one-party state
		Nyerere on nationalism
		Socialism in Tanzania
	French colonial rule
	Frantz Fanon’s emancipatory project
	Portuguese colonial rule
	Amilcar Cabral
	Viewing the colonial /anti-colonial and the post-colonial in continuum
	Notes
	References
2 The emancipatory winds of Pan-Africanism and African unity movements
	The genesis of Pan-Africanism
	Revisiting the contributions of W.E.B. Du Bois and Marcus Garvey
	Négritude as a concept and a movement
	Senghor
	Senghor’s creative attack on imperialism
	Césaire’s description of Négritude
	George Padmore
	Race, Négritude and Pan-Africanism
	Insights from Ali Mazrui
	Race and international relations
	The Pan-African movement on African soil
	Radicals of the Casablanca Group
	The moderates of the Monrovia group
	Reflections on the OAU
		The OAU and liberation struggles
		Human rights
		Inter-state and intra-state disputes
		Development issues
	The African Union
	Pan-Africanism in transition
	The role of the AU: an assessment
	Concluding remarks
	Notes
	References
3 South Africa: From racism and apartheid to African Renaissance
	The intertwined association between imperialism and racism
	Resistance against apartheid
	Why understand Mandela?
	Nelson Mandela: evolving ideas and thoughts
	Combatting colonialism and racism
	The means to combat apartheid
	The communist movement
	Ubuntu and the TRC
	South Africa as a sub-imperial state
	South Africa in Africa
	The African agenda
	The African Renaissance
	Human rights
	Intra-state conflicts in Africa
	Concluding remarks
	Notes
	References
4 Exploring the trail of French neo-colonial dominance in Sub-Saharan Africa
	Preliminary observations
	Defining neo-colonialism
	The Franco–African ensemble
		Loi-Cadre reforms
	The French community to independence
	Understanding the French identity
	The geography of the French sphere of influence
	Economic ties
	France’s security/military-related ties
	The role of personalities
	The base at Djibouti
	The French role in Rwanda
	Sarkozy’s Africa policy
	Hollande and the intervention in Mali 2013
	French military involvement and human rights
	Concluding remarks
	Notes
	References
5 The changing complexities of the USA’s imperial policies in Africa
	Reflections on US-led imperialism
	Recasting the notion of Empire
	The significance of Africa in US policy
	The nature of the state and projects of national integration in Africa
	Soviet–American rivalry in Africa during the Cold War
	Liberation struggles in Africa: the case of Angola
	The USA and apartheid South Africa
	Rivalry in the Horn of Africa
	The Cold War and human rights in Africa
	The USA and Africa under globalisation
	Placing Africa in context after 9/11
	The USA’s counter-terror policy initiatives
	The emergence and relevance of AFRICOM
	Security and development
	The energy security of the USA and Africa
	The socio-economic impact of oil firms in Nigeria
	Angola: civil war and corruption
	Concluding remarks
	References
6 Unravelling complex shades in the Sino–African ensemble: Altruistic, neo-imperialist or just a partnership in the development process?
	The PRC and Africa in the Cold War phase
	China after Mao Zedong
	Sino–African ties and Tiananmen Square, 1989
	The ‘One China’ policy
	China’s growing economic stakes in Africa
	Sino–African trade
	Chinese aid and investments in Africa
	Aid through FOCAC and other channelising agencies
	China’s soft power
	Chinese diaspora in Africa
	The politico-strategic dimension
	Peacekeeping operations
		Threats to the lives of Chinese expatriates
	China and human rights in Africa
	Concluding remarks
	Note
	References
7 India’s growing presence in Africa: From a developing country to a rising power
	Developments in the Cold War context
	Commonalities of interests
	India and anti-colonial and anti-racist struggles in Africa
	The project of South–South cooperation
	Situating India in contemporary international relations
	Social realities in Africa and their relevance to ties with India
	Indo–African ties: a few preliminary observations
	The India–Africa Forum Summit
	Indo–African security ties
	Promoting security through UN operations
	India’s perennial quest for energy security
	Indo–African economic ties
		The growing magnitude of Indo–African trade
		Investments and business relations
	Development cooperation
	Recasting ties under globalisation
	Concluding Remarks
	Note
	References
Conclusion
	The substance of colonialism
	Resistance to colonial domination from prominent thinkers
	Towards a new epistemic world
	On the nature of epistemic constructs
	Racism, anti-racist struggles and knowledge-building exercises
	Institutionalisation of the Pan-African movement on African soil
	Racism and apartheid
	Nelson Mandela: a towering crusader against apartheid
	The sub-imperialism of South Africa
	French neo-colonialism
	US-led imperialism
	Imperialism, China and India
	The politics of the Cold War
	Globalisation and Africa
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