Struggles for Citizenship in Africa
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Struggles for Citizenship in Africa

  1. 209 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Struggles for Citizenship in Africa

About this book

Hundreds of thousands of people living in Africa find themselves non-persons in the only state they have ever known. Because they are not recognised as citizens, they cannot get their children registered at birth or entered in school or university; they cannot access state health services; they cannot obtain travel documents, or employment without a work permit; and if they leave the country they may not be able to return. Most of all, they cannot vote, stand for office, or work for state institutions.

Ultimately such policies can lead to economic and political disaster, or even war. The conflicts in both Côte d'Ivoire and the Democratic Republic of Congo have had at their hearts the very right of one part of the national population to share with others on equal terms the rights and duties of citizenship.

This book brings together new material from across Africa of the most egregious examples of citizenship discrimination, and makes the case for urgent reform of the law.

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Yes, you can access Struggles for Citizenship in Africa by Bronwen Manby in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Civics & Citizenship. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. About the author
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. 1 | Introduction
  4. 2 | Empire to independence: the evolution of citizenship law in Africa
  5. 3 | Natives and settlers
  6. 4 | Mass denationalization and expulsion
  7. 5 | Internal citizenship in a federal state
  8. 6 | The importance of paperwork
  9. 7 | Excluding candidates and silencing critics
  10. 8 | Naturalization and long-term integration
  11. 9 | Last words: before Africa can unite?
  12. Notes
  13. Further reading
  14. Index