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