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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1 Elite Political Identity and the Genesis of African Foreign Policies 1
5. Part 1 Personalist Regimes
6. 2 Congo-Brazzaville: The Sassou Nguesso Mafia 27
7. 3 Rwanda: Small Country, Big Ambitions 57
8. 4 Sudan: The Impact of Dueling Identities 81
9. Part 2 One-Party-Dominant Regimes
10. 5 Botswana: Competing Ideologies and BDP Dominance 105
11. 6 Ethiopia: When Dominant Narratives Unravel 123
12. 7 South Africa: “Rainbow” Identity Under ANC Rule 149
13. Part 3 Competitive Multiparty Systems
14. 8 Ghana: Continuity Among Democratic Elites 175
15. 9 Kenya: A Shared National Identity 193
16. 10 Nigeria: The Absence of National Identity? 221
17. Part 4 Conclusion
18. 11 Elite Identity and African Foreign Policies: Identifying Patterns 249
19. Acronyms 271
20. Bibliography 275
21. The Contributors 307
22. Index 309
23. About the Book 321