Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Preface to the New Paperback Edition xi
5. Introduction 1
6. Part One. THE CHALLENGE OF STATE-BUILDING IN AFRICA
7. One. The Challenge of State-Building in Africa 11
8. Part Two. THE CONSTRUCTION OF STATES IN AFRICA
9. Two. Power and Space in Precolonial Africa 35
10. Three. The Europeans and the African Problem 58
11. Four. The Political Kingdom in Independent Africa 97
12. Part Three. NATIONAL DESIGN AND DOMESTIC POLITICS
13. Five. National Design and the Broadcasting of Power 139
14. Six. Chiefs, States, and the Land 173
15. Part Four. BOUNDARIES AND POWER
16. Seven. The Coin of the African Realm 201
17. Eight. The Politics of Migration and Citizenship 227
18. Part Five. CONCLUSION
19. Nine. The Past and the Future of State Power in Africa Revised for the New Paperback Edition 251
20. Index 273