LEADER 04261oam 2200661I 450 001 9910791140803321 005 20230807203821.0 010 $a1-317-64968-0 010 $a1-138-65973-8 010 $a1-315-76290-0 010 $a1-317-64969-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9781315762906 035 $a(CKB)2550000001341997 035 $a(EBL)1761977 035 $a(OCoLC)887502701 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001333765 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11700355 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001333765 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11386020 035 $a(PQKB)11038746 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1761977 035 $a(OCoLC)897456482 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001341997 100 $a20180706d2015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aSelf-determination and secession in Africa $ethe post-colonial state /$fedited by Redie Bereketeab 210 1$aNew York, N.Y. :$cRoutledge,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 0 $aRoutledge Studies in African Development 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a1-138-79081-8 311 $a1-322-03246-7 327 $aCover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures and tables; List of contributors; Part I Conceptions, international law and charters; 1 Self-determination and secession: African challenges; 2 Acquisition of autonomy: Application of the right of self-determination in Africa; 3 The OAU doctrine on colonial boundaries and conflicts of separation in the Horn of Africa; Part II Non-colonial creation successful secession case: South Sudan; 4 Political history of Southern Sudan before independence of the Sudan; 5 Sudan''s first civil war for self-determination 327 $a6 Second civil war: Creation of the united ''New Sudan''Part III Colonial creation unsuccessful cases of self-determination: Somaliland and Zanzibar; 7 Guests in our own houses: Somaliland and British colonialism; 8 Less and more than the sum of its parts: The failed merger of Somaliland and Somalia and the tragic quest for ''Greater Somalia''; 9 Identifying challenges to winning international recognition and its prospects in Somaliland; 10 The Zanzibar secessionist sentiments: Can regional integration theory provide insights into the phenomenon? 327 $aPart IV Identity groups claiming secession that failed11 Why Katanga''s quest for self-determination and secession failed; 12 Nigeria and the Biafran war of secession: When national unity triumphs over self-determination?; 13 The paradoxes of secessionism amongst the Tuareg in Northern Mali; Part V Colonially created, annexed by neighbouring countries cases; 14 Namibia''s negotiated transition to independence; 15 Eritrea, a colonial creation: A case of aborted decolonisation; 16 The Saharawi people''s quest for self-determination: The complexities of unachieved decolonisation; Index 330 $aThis book provides a unique comparative study of the major secessionist and self-determination movements in post-colonial Africa, examining theory, international law, charters of the United Nations, and the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)/African Union's (AU) stance on the issue. The book explores whether self-determination and secessionism lead to peace, stability, development and democratisation in conflict-ridden societies, particularly looking at the outcomes in Eritrea and South Sudan. The book covers all the major attempts at self-determination and secession on the continent, extensi 410 0$aRoutledge Studies in African Development 606 $aSelf-determination, National$zAfrica 606 $aSecession$zAfrica 606 $aDecolonization$zAfrica 607 $aAfrica$xPolitics and government$y1960- 607 $aAfrica$xHistory$xAutonomy and independence movements 615 0$aSelf-determination, National 615 0$aSecession 615 0$aDecolonization 676 $a320.15096 701 $aBereketeab$b Redie$01146878 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910791140803321 996 $aSelf-determination and secession in Africa$93774741 997 $aUNINA