In from the periphery: how Africa can contribute to the making of a pluriversal world

A single Western-Eurocentric view of state formation and international relations risks minimising Africa's role in shaping the international system. It is only by acknowledging other, potentially different, trajectories towards statehood that it becomes possible to move beyond a static "centre vs periphery" worldview.

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Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
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2025-09-04
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https://doi.org/10.71609/iheid-z4yp-kp64
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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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In from the periphery: how Africa can contribute to the making of a pluriversal world

Graduate Institute Geneva Institutional Repository (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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In from the periphery: how Africa can contribute to the making of a pluriversal world

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Abstract

A single Western-Eurocentric view of state formation and international relations risks minimising Africa's role in shaping the international system. It is only by acknowledging other, potentially different, trajectories towards statehood that it becomes possible to move beyond a static "centre vs periphery" worldview.

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Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
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