Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Sources and acknowledgments -- Disclaimer -- Abbreviations -- Definitions -- Summary -- African citizenship laws -- Racial, ethnic, and religious discrimination -- Gender discrimination -- Naturalisation -- Dual citizenship -- Due process: Revocation of citizenship and expulsion of citizens -- International norms -- Recommendations -- International norms on citizenship -- The right to a nationality -- State succession and citizenship -- Discrimination and arbitrary deprivation of citizenship -- Due process in relation to expulsion -- The jurisprudence of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights -- Citizenship under colonial rule -- The basis of citizenship law today -- Right to a nationality -- Citizenship by descent -- Racial and ethnic discrimination -- Gender discrimination -- Botswana: The Unity Dow Citizenship Case -- Reforms in North Africa -- Ethiopia: The constitution and law are gender neutral, but practice is not -- Proof of nationality -- Supreme Court rules on proof of nationality in DRC -- Dual citizenship -- A change of mind on dual citizenship in East Africa -- Citizenship by naturalisation -- Citizenship requirements for public offi ce -- Egypt: Dual citizenship and political rights -- Rights for the African diaspora -- Ethiopia -- Ghana -- Loss and deprivation of citizenship -- Right to identity documents and passports -- Egypt recognises the right of adherents of "non-recognised" religions to documentation -- Citizenship as a "durable solution" for refugees -- Appendix: Legal sources -- Index -- Untitled.