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This study arises from the need for comparative historical
perspectives on the different styles of French and British
colonialism, and the localised impacts of the regimes in West
Africa. The work is broadly divided as: an overview, including a
summary of new trends in African historiography; an examination of
colonial methods; a study of socio-economic impact and the impact
on indigenous political institutions and culture. A considerable
part of the study addresses the question: How did the colonial
styles of governance determine the post-colonial states? The author
identifies a major point of divergence to be French centralising
and assimilationist tendencies in education and the economy, as
opposed to a British laissez-faire approach. This explains, in
part, the uniformity in currency, language and culture which makes
francophone Africa a distinctive cultural zone. Common concerns -
which stem from the pre-colonial era - were mainly trade and
trans-border co-operation. Pursuance of common goals, the author
stipulates, paved the way for institutions of economic integration
- e.g. ECOWAS.
Boundaries are inherently artificial - they interpose barriers
between people which do not exist by any fundamental law of human
organization. The contrast between the intentions of those who
police boundaries and those who are affected by them is part of the
paradoxical nature of boundaries throughout the world. In Africa
the paradoxes were accentuated, as colonial powers constructed new
boundaries for their own purposes, altering the pre-colonial
perceptions of the boundary and its functions.;This study discusses
the development and function of African boundaries from a
multi-disciplinary perspective. Beginning with the historical
perspective, the book then considers the impact of boundaries on
pastoralists, the use of borders as "cordons sanitaire" against
diseases, the perception of political space and the role of borders
as places of residence and refuge. The book examines borders in
Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Sierra Leone, Ghana,
Liberia and Zaire.;Finally, European comparisons are drawn in order
to assess the extent to which African boundaries are unusual, and
to make an assessment of their future development.
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