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This book transforms our contemporary understanding of the recent political history of Central Africa. It charts the complex life and thought of Harry Nkumbula (ca. 1917-1983), the first openly nationalist African politician in Northern Rhodesia and, later, the leader of parliamentary opposition during Zambia's multi-party First Republic.
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"In this most accomplished of books, Giacomo Macola has completely reworked the significance of Nkumbula's life and times. Macola successfully invests the study of nationalism with an historical complexity that until very recently had largely escaped its academic practitioners. This excellent book rescues Nkumbula from the condescension of posterity, even as it marks the coming of age of Central African biography." - Journal of African History
"Well-researched biographies of post-colonial African political leaders are few and far between, so Giacomo Macola's excellent study of the life and politics of Harry Nkumbula, Zambian nationalist pioneer and opposition leader, is particularly welcome. This then is a book about the deconstruction of established narratives of nationalism, with relevance not just to Zambia but to the continent as a whole. Macola's distinctive polemic is one of the most important studies of African nationalism published in recent years." - Journal of Southern African Studies
About the author
GIACOMO MACOLA is Lecturer in African History at Rutherford College, part of the University of Kent in the UK and a researcher at Leiden University in the Netherlands.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Liberal Nationalism in Central Africa
Book Subtitle: A Biography of Harry Mwaanga Nkumbula
Authors: Giacomo Macola
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230104891
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies Collection, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Giacomo Macola 2010
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-62274-6Published: 10 February 2010
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-38426-6Published: 10 February 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-10489-1Published: 04 January 2010
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 224
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: African History, Asian History, African Politics, Political Science and International Relations, general, Imperialism and Colonialism, Modern History