Navigating Socialist Encounters: Moorings and (Dis)Entanglements between Africa and East Germany during the Cold War

Navigating Socialist Encounters: Moorings and (Dis)Entanglements between Africa and East Germany during the Cold War
ISBN-10
311062382X
ISBN-13
9783110623826
Category
History
Pages
406
Language
English
Published
2021-06-08
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Authors
Anne Dietrich, Eric Burton, Immanuel Harisch

Description

This edited volume examines entanglements and disentanglements between Africa and East Germany during and after the Cold War from a global history perspective. Extending the view beyond political elites, it asks for the negotiated and plural character of socialism in these encounters and sheds light on migration, media, development, and solidarity through personal and institutional agency. With its distinctive focus on moorings and unmoorings, the volume shows how the encounters, albeit often brief, significantly influenced both African and East German histories.

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