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    A Macat Analysis of Mahmood Mamdani's Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism
    A Macat Analysis of Mahmood Mamdani's Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism
    A Macat Analysis of Mahmood Mamdani's Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism
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    A Macat Analysis of Mahmood Mamdani's Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism

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    In Citizen and Subject, Ugandan academic and author Mahmood Mamdani challenges dominant views about the crisis of postcolonial Africa. Many studies emphasize that the problems the continent faces are home grown—the consequence of poor government, widespread corruption, and other local factors. Citizen and Subject challenged these ideas. It argues that the current crisis has come about because of the institutional legacy of colonialism.

    According to Mamdani, reforms after independence have deracialized, but not democratized, the African state. They have not abolished the two-pronged structure of the colonial era, characterized by different systems of administration—one traditional and rural, the other urban and modern. Instead, they have simply reproduced them, tainting these institutions with the colonial legacy and making them unfit for purpose.

    Winner of the prestigious African Studies Association Herskovits Prize for the best book published on Africa, Citizen and Subject has also been voted one of the twentieth century’s 100 greatest books about Africa.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacat
    Release dateJul 15, 2016
    ISBN9781912283477
    A Macat Analysis of Mahmood Mamdani's Citizen and Subject: Contemporary Africa and the Legacy of Late Colonialism

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