Podcasts Technology SOAS Radio Lecture 10. The State in Africa

Lecture 10. The State in Africa

Published: Aug. 11, 2014, 2:29 p.m.

Three social types: egalitarian kinship, agrarian civilization, national capitalism. Sketch of the state in Africa before colonial empire. Colonial and post-colonial states. The privatization of public interests. Collusion between African rulers and foreign interests. The Scandinavian model.\n\nMoeletse Mbeki Architects of Poverty (2009) \nJean-Fran\xe7ois Bayart The State in Africa: The politics of the belly (third edition, 2009)