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Citizen and Subject

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Offers an account of colonialism's legacy - a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects. This book shows that Apartheid was the generic form of the colonial state in Africa.

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Citizen and Subject, Mahmood Mamdani

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1996
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Title
Citizen and Subject
Language
English
Released
1996
Format
Paperback
ISBN10
0691027935
ISBN13
9780691027937
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Offers an account of colonialism's legacy - a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects. This book shows that Apartheid was the generic form of the colonial state in Africa.