Politics, Civil Society, and Nationhood in Africa

General Materials

• Colonialism and Civil Society in Africa
• Civil Society in Africa after Independence
• Multiple Identities in Postcolonial Africa
• The Urban Character of the African Press
• African Mass Media -- Shallow Roots and Little Influence
• State Broadcasting Monopolies in Postcolonial Africa
• Uniformity and the Nation-Building Project in Postcolonial Africa
• The Scramble for Africa

Ethnicity

• Postcoloniality and the Postcolony: Theories of the Global and the Local

Gender Matters

• Women's Groups in Africa: Five Categories

Individual Countries

• Ghana
• Nigeria
• South Africa
• Zimbabwe

Bibliographies

• Media and National Identity in Africa: Some Selected Readings

Last Modified: 6 February 2002