º£½ÇÖ±²¥

What We Are Reading Today: ‘Citizen and Subject’ by Mahmood Mamdani

What We Are Reading Today: ‘Citizen and Subject’ by Mahmood Mamdani
Short Url
Updated 10 June 2024

What We Are Reading Today: ‘Citizen and Subject’ by Mahmood Mamdani

What We Are Reading Today: ‘Citizen and Subject’ by Mahmood Mamdani

In analyzing the obstacles to democratization in post- independence Africa, Mahmood Mamdani offers a bold, insightful account of colonialism’s legacy — a bifurcated power that mediated racial domination through tribally organized local authorities, reproducing racial identity in citizens and ethnic identity in subjects.