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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Vestnik RUDN. International Relations</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2313-0660</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2313-0679</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">федеральное государственное автономное образовательное учреждение высшего образования «Российский университет дружбы народов имени Патриса Лумумбы» (РУДН)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">23320</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2313-0660-2020-20-1-22-38</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>THEMATIC DOSSIER</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ТЕМАТИЧЕСКОЕ ДОСЬЕ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Features of the Political Development of Africa in the Postcolonial Period</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Особенности политического развития Африки в постколониальный период</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kassaye Nigusie</surname><given-names>Wolde Mikhael</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Кассае Ныгусие</surname><given-names>Вольде Микаэль</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Dr. of Sc. (History), Professor, the Department of Theory and History of International Relations</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доктор исторических наук, профессор кафедры теории и истории международных отношений</p></bio><email>kassae-nv@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Ivkina</surname><given-names>Natalia Viktorovna</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ивкина</surname><given-names>Наталья Викторовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD in History, Senior Lecturer, the Department of Theory and History of International Relations</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>кандидат исторических наук, старший преподаватель кафедры теории и истории международных отношений</p></bio><email>ivkina-nv@rudn.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">RUDN University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Российский университет дружбы народов</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>20</volume><issue>1</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">Decolonization, Neocolonialism and Recolonization: 60th Anniversary of the Year of Africa</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">Деколонизация, неоколониализм и реколонизация: к 60-летию Года Африки</issue-title><fpage>22</fpage><lpage>38</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-03-30"><day>30</day><month>03</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Kassaye Nigusie W.M., Ivkina N.V.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Кассае Ныгусие В.М., Ивкина Н.В.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Kassaye Nigusie W.M., Ivkina N.V.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Кассае Ныгусие В.М., Ивкина Н.В.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/23320">https://journals.rudn.ru/international-relations/article/view/23320</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The article is devoted to the features of the formation and development of Africa in the postcolonial period. The authors study such fundamental issues as the formation of modern States in Africa, the formation of the ruling elite and its influence on the political and socio-economic system, the role of the army and ethnic conflicts in the process of state formation. The relevance of the research is due to the fact that Russian and foreign historical science has not yet formed a common opinion on how to assess the consequences of the colonial period for Africa. Pluralism of opinions, on the one hand, generates the discussion for research, on the other, introduces a destructive imbalance in the representation of the region. As a novelty of the study, it’s necessary to note the neo-patrimonial approach to studying the features of the postcolonial period in Africa. It identifies separate thematic blocks that help assess the impact of colonization on the development of countries on the continent. The article also considers the correlation between the traditional and westernized elements within African political culture. The borrowing of political institutions and statehood theories is also considered not only as a consequence of the colonial past, but also as the political choice of the first national leaders of Africa, in the framework of their aspiration to choose an effective development way and to find a balance between the tradition and modernization. The main purpose of the study is to assess the results of decolonization in the context of ethnic, military and political aspects of the formation of African States. The polemic nature of the principles of understanding the postcolonial period of African development has led to the need to use a functional approach as a methodological basis. This is due to the need to study the principles of functioning of the political system of the region, rather than individual states. The neo-patrimonialist approach also gave rise to the use of a comparative method to compare the main theoretical postulates with the real situation in Africa. A vast array of sources and literature in Russian and English is needed to reflect the multi-vector possibilities of research on African issues.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Статья посвящена рассмотрению особенностей становления и развития Африки в постколониальный период. Изучаются такие фундаментальные вопросы, как процесс образования современных государств в Африке, формирование правящей элиты и ее влияние на политическую и социально-экономическую систему, роль армии и этнических конфликтов в процессе оформления государственности. Актуальность темы исследования обусловлена тем, что в российской и зарубежной исторической науке пока не сформировалось единого мнения относительно того, как оценивать последствия колониального периода для Африки. Плюрализм мнений, с одной стороны, порождает необходимую для исследования дискуссию, а с другой - вносит деструктивный дисбаланс в представление о регионе в целом. В качестве новизны исследования следует отметить неопатримониалис-тический подход к изучению особенностей постколониального периода в Африке. С его помощью выделяются отдельные тематические блоки, помогающие оценить последствия колонизации для развития стран континента. Исследуется соотношение традиционных и вестернизированных элементов политической культуры стран Африки. Заимствование политических институтов и теорий государственности также рассматривается не только как следствие колониального прошлого, но и как политический выбор первых национальных лидеров африканских стран в их стремлении выбрать эффективный путь развития и найти баланс между традицией и модернизацией. Основная цель исследования заключается в оценке итогов деколонизации в контексте межэтнических, военных и политических аспектов становления африканских государств. Полемичность принципов понимания постколониального периода развития Африки породила необходимость использования в качестве методологической базы функционального подхода. Это обусловлено потребностью изучения принципов функционирования политической системы региона, а не отдельных государств. Также неопатримониалистический подход породил использование компаративного метода для сопоставления основных теоретических постулатов и реальной ситуации в Африке. Обширный пласт источников и литературы на русском и английском языках необходим для отражения многовекторных возможностей исследования африканских проблем.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>postcolonial period</kwd><kwd>neo-patrimonialism</kwd><kwd>formation of political elites</kwd><kwd>ethnic parties</kwd><kwd>intergovernmental political groups</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>постколониальный период</kwd><kwd>неопатримониализм</kwd><kwd>формирование политических элит</kwd><kwd>этнические партии</kwd><kwd>межгосударственные политические группы</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><award-id></award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="en">Abramova, I.O. &amp; Fituni, L.L. (2015). Economic Attractiveness and Investment Potential of the African Region to the South of Sahara. Problems of the Modern Economics, 3, 167–173. 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