Ethnicities and Tribes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Subtitle: Opening Old Wounds
Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9783319501994
Subjects: Ethnology, africa, sub-saharan; Tribes
Description: This book proposes new avenues for understanding tribal allegiance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Much research on ethnicity and cultural pluralism in Sub-Saharan Africa falsely equates the term "tribe" with "ethnicity" and obscures the differences between Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions. It also puts too much emphasis on the role of the colonial state in fostering tribal allegiance. This book challenges these claims and offers an alternate way of understanding tribal allegiance in Sub-Saharan Africa.