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Beyond Sovereign Reason: Issues and Contestations in Contemporary African Identity
Author(s) -
Eze Michael Onyebuchi,
Wal Katja
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
jcms: journal of common market studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.54
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1468-5965
pISSN - 0021-9886
DOI - 10.1111/jcms.12979
Subject(s) - identity (music) , sovereignty , politics , face (sociological concept) , constructivism (international relations) , collective identity , political science , sociology , political economy , identity politics , national identity , identity formation , gender studies , international relations , social science , law , aesthetics , self concept , philosophy
Issues of collective identity discourses and integration in Africa often face competing national and primordial identities. We explore multilayered integrative mechanisms that have become constitutive of collective African identity. We examine the nature of this identity taking a modern constructivist view of Africa's encounter with Europe. But we also address basic anthropological concerns, focusing on present and future prospects and seeking to understand how this identity is shaped by international politics or synchronized with local political units.