Citizen and subject (Record no. 3142)

MARC details
000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 01674nam a2200169Ia 4500
005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION
control field 20250117103624.0
008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION
fixed length control field 250117s9999 xx 000 0 und d
020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9780852553992
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 320.96MAM
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Mamdani, Mahmood.
245 #0 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Citizen and subject
Remainder of title contemporary Africa and the legacy of late colonialism
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. Kampala
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Fountain Publishers
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1996
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xii, 353 p. ; 24 cm.
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-337) and index.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful 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. Many writers have understood colonial rule as either "direct" (French) or "indirect" (British), with a third variant--apartheid--as exceptional. This benign terminology, Mamdani shows, masks the fact that these were actually variants of a despotism. While direct rule denied rights to subjects on racial grounds, indirect rule incorporated them into a "customary" mode of rule, with state-appointed Native Authorities defining custom. By tapping authoritarian possibilities in culture, and by giving culture an authoritarian bent, indirect rule (decentralized despotism) set the pace for Africa; the French followed suit by changing from direct to indirect administration, while apartheid emerged relatively later. Apartheid, Mamdani shows, was actually the generic form of the colonial state in Africa.
650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Colonies--Africa--Administration.
Holdings
Withdrawn status Lost status Damaged status Not for loan Home library Current library Date acquired Total checkouts Full call number Barcode Date last seen Price effective from Koha item type
        UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam UONGOZI Institute Resources Centre - Dar es Salaam 01/17/2025   320.96MAM 003176 01/31/2025 01/17/2025 Book