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The Colonial Imprints on Ethnicity in Africa: Contemporary Legacies

Authors: NTIWUNKA Gift

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: Journal Of The School Of Education And Humanities

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The African state is in question for various reasons. Probably the reason most proffered for the state of the state in Africa is that of colonialism. While not being necessarily deterministic, this paper takes the position that the colonial enterprise was epochal in consequence. While many scholars have written about the effect of colonialism on the African continent, they are divided on the weight or import the colonial epoch had on the African future. The debate, they argue, stems from the fact that the period of colonialism left some irrevocable consequences on the politics, economic, social landscape and cultural hegemony on the continent. Through the exploration of the contending approaches to the study of ethnicity in Africa, this paper examines the colonial imprint on the evolution, consolidation and contemporary consequences of ethnic affiliation in Africa. It submits that the colonial imprint on Africa is irrefutable and incontestably a continuous influence on contemporary Africa. It therefore, concludes that the conflicts that have developed in Africa in the last decade or so, as well as the continuing questions of governance and statehood can be traced to the imprint of colonialism; therefore, that it is important for African countries, like their counterparts elsewhere, to engineer solution to the challenges of ethnicity and harness it for national integration and development.

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NTIWUNKA,G. . (2010). The Colonial Imprints on Ethnicity in Africa: Contemporary Legacies, 4 (), 109-109.

NTIWUNKA,G. . "The Colonial Imprints on Ethnicity in Africa: Contemporary Legacies" 4, no (), (2010): 109-109.

NTIWUNKA,G. and . (2010). The Colonial Imprints on Ethnicity in Africa: Contemporary Legacies, 4 (), pp109-109.

NTIWUNKAG, . The Colonial Imprints on Ethnicity in Africa: Contemporary Legacies. 2010, 4 ():109-109.

NTIWUNKA,Gift , . "The Colonial Imprints on Ethnicity in Africa: Contemporary Legacies", 4 . (2010) : 109-109.

N.Gift , "The Colonial Imprints on Ethnicity in Africa: Contemporary Legacies" vol.4, no., pp. 109-109, 2010.

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