Unita and Ethnic Nationalism in Angola

Bibliographic Data

ID4959017
AuthorsLinda M Heywood (0009-0001-5871-9267, corresponding author)
Year1989
Volume27
Issue1
Pages47-66
Publication date1989-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0022278x00015627
OpenAlexW2129369891
LanguageEN
Citations received17
References cited14

Over the last decade or so scholars in the social sciences have been reassessing works on the rise of nationalism in Africa published in the 1960s and early 1970s. These earlier studies, written during the euphoria following independence and the spread of liberation ideology, regarded the transfer of power to the African élite as signalling the end of subjugation to European control and the emergence of modern African states.1This revision focused on the post-colonial state and its rôle as a mediator between competing groups for power and the allocation of resources.2Since then, the trend has generated a revival in understanding ethnicity which is again seen as a major force in most of the crises which have troubled Africa

Colonialism · Ethnic group · Ideology · Independence (probability theory · Nationalism · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sociology · State (computer science · African history and culture studies · Gender Studies · Law