Foreign Affairs · 1978 · 74 citations · 0 references
Social SciencesHistoryInternational RelationsAfrican HistoryAfrican StudiesDiplomacyAfrican International RelationsAfrican PoliticsCultural DiplomacyDiplomatic RelationsPostcolonial African StatesWest African HistoryAfricana Political ThoughtInternational Cultural RelationsInternational Relations HistoryInternational Relations TheoryPostcolonial History
The author presents a journey through African and Western history, culture and politics. By essaying Africa's international relations, Mazrui returns to an important truth: the power of race and culture in Africa's relations with the West. Discussing African political formation, his overriding theme, not unpredictably, is assimilation - of the enti