Dismemberment or Suffocation? Revisiting Colonial Legacies on Conflict in Africa

• In Event: EITM in Historical Political Economy

Brief Overview

The study finds that Africa’s postcolonial conflicts stem more from suffocation—the forced merging of diverse groups—than from dismemberment. Large, heterogeneous colonial states proved especially prone to secession and instability.

Authors

• Xiaoyan Qiu, Washington University in St Louis

• Jack Paine, Emory University

• Joan Ricart-Huguet, Loyola University Maryland