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Worldmaking after Empire with Adom Getachew

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The United States of America

Both ncruma and williams pointed to the united states as an exemplar, because it had used confederation to become the most powerful nation on earth. Of course, was and is a settler, colonialist nation and an imperialist one. What does their appeal to the us? Example reveal? Did these black leaders now governing unitary nation states mposed upon rather plural societies, all while seeking decree even larger federated polities? did they miss other lessons from 17 87 in terms of oufederation under the us. Constitution served to facilitate internal colonization and imperialism?

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