{"product_id":"africa-the-politics-of-independence-and-unity","title":"Africa: The Politics of Independence and Unity","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfrica: The Politics of\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependence and Unity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e combines into one edition for the first time \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfrica: The Politics of Independence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfrica: The Politics of Unity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. With a new introduction by the author, this edition provides some of the earliest and most valuable analysis of African politics during the period when the colonial system began to disintegrate.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe influential \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfrica: The Politics of Independence\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was written as Africa was just realizing independence and still reveling in the optimism it brought. Immanuel Wallerstein was one of the few scholars who had traveled throughout Africa during the collapse of colonial rule. As a result, his interpretive essay captures the dynamism of that period of transformation and adroitly analyzes Africa’s modern political developments during the nascent process of decolonization. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eAfrica: The Politics of Unity\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, published six years later, examines the African unity movement that arose between 1957 and 1965 and its revolutionary core. It is often considered the first thorough analysis of the postindependence history of Africa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Immanuel Wallerstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45449356050608,"sku":null,"price":38.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0528\/6821\/9056\/files\/71eDwXPiBbL._SL1500.jpg?v=1783865709","url":"https:\/\/www.umojabooks.com\/products\/africa-the-politics-of-independence-and-unity","provider":"Umoja House ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}