Citizen and subject : contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism - Mamdani, Mahmood, 1946- (New Jersey: Princeton University press, 2018)
Introduction: thinking through Africa's impasse -- The structure of power. Decentralized despotism ; Indirect rule: the politics of decentralized despotism ; Customary law: the theory of decentralized despotism ; The native authority and the free peasantry -- The anatomy of resistance. The other face of tribalism: peasant movements in equatorial Africa ; The rural in the urban: migrant workers in South Africa ; Conclusion: linking the urban and the rural.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-337) and index.
Keywords: Colonies -- Africa -- Administration; Despotism -- Africa; Democracy -- Africa; Apartheid -- Africa; Indigenous peoples -- Africa; Apartheid; Colonial influence; Colonies -- Administration; Democracy; Despotism; Indigenous peoples; Politics and government; 89.91 imperialism; 89.91 imperialism; Africa -- Colonial influence; Africa -- Politics and government; Africa; Africa