Ethnicities and Tribes in Sub-Saharan Africa, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2017
Opening Old Wounds

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This book proposes new avenues for understanding tribal allegiance in Sub-Saharan Africa. Much research on ethnicity and cultural pluralism in Sub-Saharan Africa falsely equates the term "tribe" with "ethnicity" and obscures the differences between Sub-Saharan Africa and other regions. It also puts too much emphasis on the role of the colonial state in fostering tribal allegiance. This book challenges these claims and offers an alternate way of understanding tribal allegiance in Sub-Saharan Africa. 
1. Introduction
2. Tribe, Ethnicity, and Colonial Rule
3. The Particularity of Tribal Allegiance in Sub-Saharan Africa
4. The Profusion of Tribes as Determinant Factor in Sub-Saharan Africa
5. Tribe is Not Ethnicity: The Untenability of Anti-tribe and Pro-ethnicity Arguments
6. Tribe is Not a Component of Ethnicity 
7. Tribal Allegiance and the Overstated Role of the Colonial State
8. Precolonial History and the Saliency and Persistence of Tribal Allegiance
9. Conclusion: Why Does it Matter?
S. N. Sangmpam is a professor of Political Science and African American Studies at Syracuse University. 

Challenges common ideas on tribal allegiance in Sub-Saharan Africa and argues for a new way of looking at this topic

It's central argument is supported by evidence from three major disciplines: history, political science & anthropology

Appeals to scholars of political science, anthropology, history and colonialism