ABSTRACT The debate centred on the artificial nature of colonial political bounders in Africa and their enduring legacy continues. What is not directly addressed by this literature is the parallel and, even more, destructive political-economic culture left behind by colonial rule, reified by factions of the political elite in Africa, and that appears to be on the march in several parts of the continent. This paper examines the long-term consequences of political ethnicity and corruption in inducing new boundaries within the nation and that is ominously undermining the vitality and further development of civic political culture in the continent. Somalia, arguably the most culturally homogenous nation-state in the continent, provides historical evidence to sustain the argument.

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“比人为边界更糟糕的命运是阴险的非洲精英政治：索马里案”

摘要围绕非洲殖民政治边界的人为性质及其持久遗产的辩论仍在继续。这些文献没有直接提到的是殖民统治留下的、被非洲政治精英派别具体化的平行的、甚至更具破坏性的政治经济文化，而且这种文化似乎在非洲的几个地方正在蔓延。 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .大陆。本文考察了政治种族和腐败在国家内部形成新边界的长期后果，这不祥地破坏了非洲大陆公民政治文化的活力和进一步发展。 .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 索马里可以说是非洲大陆文化最单一的民族国家，它提供了支持这一论点的历史证据。