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Domestic statehood and foreign policy

The idea of the African state At independence, the great majority of African states appeared to possess all of the attributes of statehood outlined in chapter 1. Their territories were, with few exceptions, clearly demarcated, and there were few disputes about who was to count as a citizen of one state rather than another. Though the range of functions performed by their governments was often modest, and the machinery of government was correspondingly slight, there was little doubt about their capacity to exercise their responsibilities over the whole of their national territories. Save for on…