A New Paradigm of the African State Fundi wa Afrika
Offers a historical, multidisciplinary perspective on African political systems and institutions, ranging from Antiquity (Egypt, Kush and Axum) to the present with particular focus on their destruction through successive exogenous processes incl
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A New Paradigm of the African State Fundi wa Afrika
Mueni wa Muiu and Guy Martin
a new paradigm of the african state Copyright © Mueni wa Muiu and Guy Martin, 2009. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2009 978-0-230-60780-4
All rights reserved. First published in 2009 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-37456-4 ISBN 978-0-230-61831-2 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9780230618312 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Muiu, Mueni wa. A new paradigm of the African state : Fundi wa Afrika / Mueni wa Muiu and Guy Martin. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Africa—Politics and government. 2. Africa—Politics and government— Philosophy. I. Martin, Guy, 1945– II. Title. JQ1875.M82 2009 320.96—dc22
2008021607
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Scribe Inc. First edition: January 2009 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
To you, African children, so that you may continue to fight for a free Africa
Contents Acknowledgments
ix
Acronyms
xi
Credits Introduction: The Rationale for a New Theory of the African State
xiii 1
1
Theories of the African State: From Modernization to Reconstructionist
11
2
Indigenous African Political Systems and Institutions
23
3
The African Colonial and Postcolonial States
49
4
Genocide: African Natural Resources and the West
63
5
Africa in the World Economy: Hegemony, Globalization, and Recolonization
85
6
The Congo State in Historical Perspective I: Indigenous Congolese Political Systems and Institutions
103
7
The Congo State in Historical Perspective II: From the Congo Free State to the Democratic Republic of the Congo
119
8
South Africa: African Indigenous Political Institutions and the Foreign Encounter
139
9
South Africa: Apartheid, African Indigenous Institutions, and the ANC, 1948–2007
163
10
A New Paradigm of the African State: Fundi wa Afrika
191
Conclusion: Toward a Federation of African States (FAS)
211
Notes
217
Bibliography
259
Index
267
Acknowledgments Many debts were incurred in the long and arduous process of bringing this ambitious research project to fruition. Among the many persons and institutions who have been most helpful in this regard, Mueni wa Muiu wishes to express her most sincere thanks and appreciation to the following: the late Mwakudua wa Mwachofi—activist and scholar—who triggered her intellectual journey; her sister Milcah Kalondu Muiu who provided her with an abode in
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