Dmitri M. Bondarenko is director of the International Center of Anthropology at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University).

A brilliant translation of an original book that will continue to provoke the set of initial conversations, while retaining the permanence of the arguments of the African nation state, and the applicability of notions on state, nation and culture. This is a gem.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Nation and ModernityChapter 2. Colonialism – Post-colonialism – NationsChapter 3. Post-colonial Nations in Historical and Cultural Context: Three CasesChapter 4. Nation-Building in Post-colonial Countries in Historical and Cultural Context of Our TimeConclusionReferencesAbout the Author

Dmitri M. Bondarenko is director of the International Center of Anthropology at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University).

A brilliant translation of an original book that will continue to provoke the set of initial conversations, while retaining the permanence of the arguments of the African nation state, and the applicability of notions on state, nation and culture. This is a gem.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Nation and ModernityChapter 2. Colonialism – Post-colonialism – NationsChapter 3. Post-colonial Nations in Historical and Cultural Context: Three CasesChapter 4. Nation-Building in Post-colonial Countries in Historical and Cultural Context of Our TimeConclusionReferencesAbout the Author

Dmitri M. Bondarenko is director of the International Center of Anthropology at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE University).

A brilliant translation of an original book that will continue to provoke the set of initial conversations, while retaining the permanence of the arguments of the African nation state, and the applicability of notions on state, nation and culture. This is a gem.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1. The Nation and ModernityChapter 2. Colonialism – Post-colonialism – NationsChapter 3. Post-colonial Nations in Historical and Cultural Context: Three CasesChapter 4. Nation-Building in Post-colonial Countries in Historical and Cultural Context of Our TimeConclusionReferencesAbout the Author