Recent Dutch and Belgian approaches to ethnicity in Africa

The papers in the present special issue of Afrika Focus are discussed from a comparative and theoretical perspective, which highlights the shortcomings of current approaches to African ethnicity on two counts: the assumption that ethnicity is a colonial creation, and the over-emphasis on political m...

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Main Authors: W. van Binsbergen, K. Schilder
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Gents Afrika Platform, Afrika Brug 1993-01-01
Series:Afrika Focus
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Online Access:http://www.gap.ugent.be/africafocus/pdf/93-9-12-Schilder.pdf