Konfliktní cesty africké nezávislosti
The Conflict-ridden Road to African Independence

Summary/Abstract: Zahořik, Jan. Ohniska napěti v postkolonialni Africe. Prague: Karolinum, 2012, 276 pp., ISBN 978-80-246-1961-3. According to the reviewer, this publication is a clear indication of the efforts of current Czech scholars of Africa to carry on a successful tradition that was partly interrupted in the 1990s. In the book, the author provides basic insight into the terms and methods for researching the topic, and offers an overview of the history of the African continent from decolonization to the present, before analysing the causes and connections of the conflicts in post-colonial Africa. He combines more general interpretations with case studies in which he focuses chiefly on the Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, the ‘Great Lakes region’ (Rwanda and Burundi), the Democratic Republic of Congo (the former Zaire), and West Africa. The publication is based primarily on non-Czech literature and the author’s own fieldwork.

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