National integration in Côte d'Ivoire: 1960 - 2002

After sixty years of French colonial rule (1893-1960), C?te d'Ivoire gained its independence on 7 August 1960, with a heterogeneous population made up of some sixty different peoples. Nothing predisposed these peoples to a "common destiny" before colonisation. During the first three decades of independence, the policy of national integration adopted by F?lix Houphou?t-Boigny and the traditions of these peoples fostered relative political and social stability, conducive to national unity. However, since the death of Houphou?t-Boigny, C?te d'Ivoire has plunged into an unprecedented social fracture linked mainly to political and inter-ethnic conflicts and the coup d'?tat of 1999. How did this country, long recognised as a political, economic and social model in an Africa in crisis, become a veritable social fracture after the death of President F?lix Houphou?t-Boigny? This book invites Ivorians, then Africans and other peoples of the world, to understand the necessity of the issue of national integration in post-colonial African states, in general, and in C?te d'Ivoire, in particular.

Author: N'Guessan Denis Kouakou

Publisher: Our Knowledge Publishing

Publication Date: Feb 23, 2024

Number of Pages: 84 pages

Binding: Paperback or Softback

ISBN-10: 6207196155

ISBN-13: 9786207196159