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<p><p>this Book Transforms Our Understanding Of The Recent Political History Of Central Africa. It Charts The Complex Life And Thought Of Harry Nkumbula (ca. 1917&#8211;1983), The First Openly Nationalist African Politician In Northern Rhodesia And, Later, The Leader Of Parliamentary Opposition During Zambia&#8217;s Multi-party First Republic. Based Mainly On His Personal Papers And The Newly Opened Archives Of Unip, Zambia&#8217;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 Alternative To Dominant State-led Models Of Political And Economic Development. By Exploring The Trajectory Of Nkumbula&#8217;s Anc, A Minority Liberal Party With Strong Ethnic Roots, The Book Throws New Light On The Under-acknowledged Fractiousness Of Zambian Nationalism And Warns Against Reading African Post-colonial Politics Solely In Terms Of Clientelism.<p></p>

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Author

Giacomo Macola

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan US

Published

2009

Language

EN

ISBN

9780230104891

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Political Science