Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- CHAPTER 1 - Introduction: New Reflections on Nationalism, National Projects and Pan-Africanism in the Twenty-First Century -- Defining National Projects -- Putting nationalism and its national projects in a global context -- On tensions between nationalism and pan-Africanism -- Rehabilitation of imperialism and the crisis of the national project(s) -- Intellectual defence of the African national project(s) -- Brief summary of the contributions -- Notes and References -- PART ONE - New meanings of the African National Project -- CHAPTER 2 - The New Meaning of the National Project in the Twenty-first Century -- Introduction -- The national project and its meanings -- Overview of the concept of a national project as a nation building concept -- The national project in the context of Pax-Africana -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 3 - Is Nativism a National Question in Post-colonial Africa? -- Introduction -- Towards a definition and roots of nativism -- Historical and discursive basis of nativism -- African nationalism as nativism -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 4 - Fanon on the Pitfalls of the African National Project -- Introduction -- Fanon's warning and the matter of relevance -- On Idealising And Betraying The National Project -- From The National Project To The Continental Question -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 5 - African Nationalism in the age of Coloniality: Triumphs, Tragedies and Futures -- Introduction -- Background -- The age of coloniality: crises and confusions -- African nationalism: The triumphs -- African nationalism: The tragedies and tribulations -- African nationalism: The challenges and opposition -- African nationalism: The unfinished assignments.

Towards a decolonial turn of African nationalism -- Conclusion: towards decoloniality -- Notes and References -- PART TWO - Nationalism, Language and Freedom -- CHAPTER 6 - The African National Language Question and the African National Project -- Introduction -- Brief overview of the history of African national languages -- Understanding the twenty-first century African dream -- What role for African national languages in the twenty-first century? -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 7 - The Devolution of Power Debate and the Zimbabwe National Project -- Introduction -- Centralising autocracy in post-colonial Zimbabwe -- Dismantling autocracy: devolution of power debates in Zimbabwe -- Provincial councils' constitution, power and accountability: A primer on emerging debates -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 8 - Zimbabwe's Cultural Revolution and the 'Melodic Press Release': Mediated National Imaginaries in an Age of Neo-Liberalism -- Introduction -- Media and developmental nationalism -- Development journalism, neo-liberalism and media in post-independent Zimbabwe -- Zimbabwean audiences as pedagogical objects in the 2000s -- The decline of state-mediated national imaginaries in Zimbabwe -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 9 - The Meaning of African Freedom and Independence: The Road from Rhodesia to Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- The meaning of African freedom and independence -- From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe -- Refusal to isolate Zimbabwe -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- PART THREE - Culture, Development and Gender -- CHAPTER 10 - Contending Versions of Postapartheid South African Nationhood: Insights from Cultural Villages -- Introduction -- Theoretical framework: the dialectical relationship between structure and agency.

Imagining nationhood in post-apartheid South Africa: The complex relationship between culture, economics and politics -- PheZulu Safari Park and Lesedi Village in the context of post-apartheid South African nation-building project -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 11 - Development Discourse and the National Project in Post-Apartheid South Africa -- Introduction -- Nationalism and the nationalist struggle in Africa -- National project in South Africa -- Mandela era and the national question -- Mbeki era and the national project -- Zuma era and the national project -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 12 - Gendering the African National Project in the Twenty-First Century -- Introduction -- Theoretical issues: Existing discourses on gender and the nation -- Gender and the African national project -- Gender and class intersections in the national project -- Case study: Malawi -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- PART FOUR - National Question, Ethnicity and Citizenship -- CHAPTER 13 - Becoming Zimbabwean: Nation and State-Building in the Context of Southern Africa -- Introduction -- Historical challenges to the development of a national identity in Zimbabwe -- Colonial rule and its legacy -- Historians and the nation: From having no history to 'patriotic history' -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 14 - Land Reform as a National Question in Southern Africa: The Case Study of South Africa -- Introduction -- A nation divided: Territorial segregations in Southern Africa -- Segregations in South Africa: The notorious apartheid system -- Industrialisation and economic disruptions in South Africa -- Formation of native reserves: Cultural divisions in South Africa -- Post-colonialism in Southern Africa: Cultural, political and economic transformation -- Imaginations of belonging: Who owns land? -- Conclusion -- Notes and References.

CHAPTER 15 - Post-coloniality and the Matebeleland Question in Zimbabwe -- Introduction -- Secessionist imaginations as part of decolonisation -- Ethnicity reconsidered -- The 'ghost' of Peloponnesian War and the Westphalian 'curse' -- Colony and the post-colony -- Matters arising: The Matebeleland question as an endogenous determinant -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 16 - The State and Contested Citizenship in Zimbabwe, 1980 -2011 -- Introduction -- Background to Zimbabwean identities and citizenship laws -- Conceptualising 'half hearted citizenship' in Zimbabwe -- The Zimbabwean debate over the abolition of dual citizenship -- The Citizenship of Zimbabwe Act of 1984 and the 'abolition' of dual citizenship -- The fate of the Citizenship of Zimbabwe Amendment Bill of 1994 -- Legislating for loyalty and patriotism: Zimbabwe's citizenship policy since 2000 -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- CHAPTER 17 - Rethinking the Complexity of Identity Politics in the Democratic Republic of the Congo -- Introduction -- Historical background -- The national issue in the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 1960 to the present -- The First Republic of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1960-1965) -- Second Republic (1965 to 1990) -- Democratic transition and attempts at internal resolution (1990-1996) -- AFDL: From Kabila Deziree to Kabila Joseph (1997-present) -- SADC intervention -- Identity, citizenship and violence -- The question of ethnicity -- Conclusion -- Notes and References -- PART FIVE - CONCLUSION -- CHAPTER 18 - Conclusion: The Enduring Legacy of Nationalism and Relevance of National Project in the Twenty-First Century -- Back cover.