European Conference on African Studies

ECAS 2009
3^rd European Conference on African Studies

Leipzig, 4 to 7 June 2009

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Panel 45: From Nation-building to The Politics of Belonging : Citizenship, Governmentalities and Biopolitics (Richard Banegas / Armando Cutolo / Peter Geschiere)

Panel Organisers: Richard Banegas / Armando Cutolo / Peter Geschiere

The aim of these panels is to return to the topic of nation-building This dominant idea from the first decades after Independence seems now to be overgrown by localist politics of belonging, often encouraged by former one-party regimes. However, present-day struggles over belonging can only be understood with reference to different trajectories of nation-building. What is the relevance of notions like ‘bio-politics’ or ‘governmentalities’ to understand this transition ?

Accepted Abstracts

Armando Cutolo - Abstract

Transformations of the Ivorian Nation

DOUGNON ISAIE - Abstract

Local values and Democratic Governance: an analysis of Mali Nation Building

Henri-Michel Yere - Abstract

Citizenship versus Autochthony in Cote d'Ivoire: The History of a Debate, 1930-1950

Henry-Michel Yere - Full Paper

Isaie Dougnon - Full Paper

Johanna Söderström - Abstract

Demos conceptions - The Limits of Citizenship among Ex-Combatants in Liberia

Markus Rudolf - Abstract

Ici chaque village es un pays

Murray Last - Abstract

Nation-breaking and not-belonging in Nigeria: civil war, rebellion or war of independence?

Murray Last - Full Paper

Peter Geschiere - Abstract

From Nation-building to Autochthony: Cameroon in Comparative Perspective

Philip Burnham - Abstract

From reciprocal assimilation of elites to neo-liberal citizenship: reflections on the political repositioning of elites in post-independence Cameroon p.burnham@ucl.ac.uk

Philip Burnham - Full Paper

Richard Barnegas - Abstract

Rebuilding the nation in times of crisis : citizenship, sovereignty and nationalism in Cote d'Ivoire

Rufus Akinyele - Abstract

From Nation Building to the Politics of Belonging: Crisis of Governance and the Indigene / Settler Dichotomy in Nigeria.