Struggles for self-determination: the denial of reactionary statehood in Africa

Katanga, Rhodesia, Transkei and Bophuthatswana: four African countries that, though existing in a literal sense, were, in each case, considered by the international community to be a component part of a larger sovereign state through which all official communications and interactions were still cond...

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1. Verfasser: Brownell, Josiah (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge Cambridge University Press [2022]
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Zusammenfassung:Katanga, Rhodesia, Transkei and Bophuthatswana: four African countries that, though existing in a literal sense, were, in each case, considered by the international community to be a component part of a larger sovereign state through which all official communications and interactions were still conducted. This book is concerned with the intertwined histories of these four right-wing secessionist states in Southern Africa as they fought for but ultimately failed to win sovereign recognition. Along the way, Katanga, Rhodesia, Transkei, and Bophuthatswana each invented new national symbols and traditions, created all the trappings of independent statehood, and each proclaimed that their movements were legitimate expressions of national self-determination. Josiah Brownell provides a unique comparison between these states, viewed together as a common reaction to decolonization and the triumph of anticolonial African nationalism. Describing the ideological stakes of their struggles for sovereignty, Brownell explores the international political controversies that their drives for independence initiated inside and outside Africa. [...]
Beschreibung:Introduction. The nonexistence of Katanga, Rhodesia, Transkei, and Bophuthatswana -- Anti-nationalist nationalisms : the discursive web of reactionary statehood in Africa -- The magical hour of midnight : independence days and national commemorations -- The quest for recognition : the historical importance of diplomatic recognition and the pursuit of international acceptance -- Establishing foreign missions in America : the Katanga Information Service, Rhodesia Information Office, and Transkei's Washington Bureau -- Establishing foreign missions in Europe : 'La Délégation Permanente du Katanga in Brussels, Rhodesia House, and 'Bop House' -- Putting Bop on the map : Sun City and the nonrecognition of Bophuthatswana -- Conclusion. Reactionary statehood in Africa
Beschreibung:xiv, 313 Seiten Illustrationen, Karten
ISBN:9781108959971
9781108832649

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