Since 1998 Guinea-Bissau has suffered a series of
coups which outside analysts have linked to its emergence as West Africa's
first 'narco-state'. Yet what does this mean for the country and the nature of
the state in postcolonial Africa? What links Guinea-Bissau's instability with
questions of wider regional and global security?
What would a stable government
look like in Guinea-Bissau, and what are the conditions for its achievement?
The book constitutes the first synthetic attempt to grasp the consequences of
the crisis in Guinea-Bissau. It fills a void in scholarship and policy analysis
with a synthesis of both what has happened in the country and the wider
implications for postcolonial African nation-building.
With the current crisis
in Mali, and rising interest among geopolitical actors in the region's
stability, the contributors offer timely reflections on the causes and
consequences of instability in one of Africa's most fragile states. Together
they demonstrate how the undermining of the ideological construction of
post-colonial African states derives from the historical fragilities and
geopolitical conflicts which are acted out there. This
is also the last book that Patrick
About the Author
Patrick Chabal was for many years a Professor at
King's College London, latterly as Chair of African History and Politics. He
wrote many key works including Amilcar Cabral: Revolutionary Leadership and
People s War, Africa Works (with Jean-Pascal Daloz) and Africa: The Politics of
Suffering and Smiling. He died in January 2014. Toby Green is Lecturer in
Lusophone African History and Culture at King's College London. He has written
and edited many works about the history of Guinea-Bissau and the wider sub-region,
most recently (as editor), Brokers of Change: Atlantic Commerce and Cultures in
Pre-Colonial Western Africa.
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