Chabal, Patrick,

Africa : the politics of suffering and smiling / Patrick Chabal. - London :;Pietermaritzburg : Zed ;;University of KwaZulu-Natal Press, 2009 - xii, 212 p. 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Considers the role of theory in African politics. This book discusses the limitations of political theories of Africa and proposes a starting point; arguing that political thinking ought to be driven by the need to address the immediacy of everyday life a

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