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| Title: | Regionalism, Political Decay, and Civil Strife in Chad |
| Author: | Decalo, Samuel |
| Year: | 1980 |
| Periodical: | Journal of Modern African Studies |
| Volume: | 18 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Period: | March |
| Pages: | 23-56 |
| Language: | English |
| Geographic term: | Chad |
| Subjects: | civil wars Politics and Government Inter-African Relations Peoples of Africa (Ethnic Groups) Ethnic and Race Relations |
| External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/160409 |
| Abstract: | A broad overview of Chad in which the author underscores the artificiality of central authority in Ndjaména, before and after independence, and highlights the process of political decay that has impelled the country to the brink of physical disintegration. Sections: The social and historical background - Reaction to French rule - The economy - Prelude to independence - The rebellions - Political instability and military upheavel - The cultural revolution and foreign-policy shifts - The military in power - Full circle? Goukouni's rise to power on 23 March 1979 did not usher in peace and stability, but merely reversed the role of the former combatants. With Ndjaména in Muslim hands, the Sara South - The stubborn periphery - became the centre of resistance. As of early 1980, Ndjaména's municipal services and Chad's state apparatus were still at a near total standstill while, quite apart from the likelihood of another 'shoot-out' between competing northern units that might lead to complete disintegration, the basic dilemma about Chad's new balance of power remains unresolved. Map, notes, tab. |
