Coloniality, Legitimacy in Statebuilding, and the Use of Force in Africa

In Africa, legitimation and claims to the legitimate use of force are often challenged by the problematic nature of ethnic diversity, amongst other things. Although ethnicity and diversity are not the problems in themselves, the politicisation of ethnicity is. In this paper, we link this to a histor...

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Main Author: Samuel Ajogwu Igba and Emmaculate Asige Liaga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Johannesburg 2021-11-01
Series:The Thinker
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Online Access:https://journals.uj.ac.za/index.php/The_Thinker/article/view/689