Ethnicities and Tribes in Sub-Saharan Africa: Opening Old Wounds

by S. N. Sangmpam

Overview

This book proposes new avenues for understanding tribal allegiance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Much research on ethnicity and cultural pluralism in Sub-Saharan Africa falsely equates the term "tribe" with "ethnicity" and obscures the differences between Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions. It also puts too much emphasis on the role of the colonial state in fostering tribal allegiance. This book challenges these claims and offers an alternate way of understanding tribal allegiance in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783319843438
Publisher:	Springer International Publishing
Publication date:	07/20/2018
Edition description:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Pages:	112
Product dimensions:	5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x (d)

About the Author

S. N. Sangmpam is a professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Syracuse University.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Tribe, Ethnicity, and Colonial Rule
3. The Particularity of Tribal Allegiance in Sub-Saharan Africa
4. The Profusion of Tribes as Determinant Factor in Sub-Saharan Africa
5. Tribe is Not Ethnicity: The Untenability of Anti-tribe and Pro-ethnicity Arguments
6. Tribe is Not a Component of Ethnicity
7. Tribal Allegiance and the Overstated Role of the Colonial State
8. Precolonial History and the Saliency and Persistence of Tribal Allegiance
9. Conclusion: Why Does it Matter?