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Civil Aviation in East Africa 1946-1986 - Outline of a History

With this project I aim to outline the unwritten history of civil aviation in East Africa.

Baz Lecocq Baz Lecocq

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The First Generation of Independent African Leaders and the Making of the African Nation-State

This research project examines the first generation of independent African leaders and how they went about constructing new African nation-states: forging a sense of nationhood out of disparate African ethnic groups brought together within artificial colonial boundaries through colonial rule; imagining the new nation through culture, religion, and the arts; choosing or defining a development model in a world divided into opposing camps of East and West by the Cold War; and the excitement of new sub-disciplines like development economics and its promise to transform former tropical colonies.

Emmanuel Akyeampong Emmanuel Akyeampong
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