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Articles · Vol. 11 No. 2 (2015): Africa Review of Books, Volume 11, n° 2, 2015

The Promise of Liberation and the Reality of Oppression

Abstract

The Eritrean People’s Liberation Front (EPLF), which successfully brought about the country’s independence, was expected by the overwhelming majority of the country’s citizens to build a democratic state that liberates and transforms society. As the authors of this book note, many observers also saw the country* during the early years of its independence as a promising “model of African renaissance”.Roughly two decades later, however, Eritrea is widely regarded as one of the most repressive authoritarian states in the world.

The Promise of Liberation and the Reality of Oppression

Le Front de libération du peuple érythréen (EPLF), qui a réussi à obtenir l'indépendance du pays, était attendu par l'écrasante majorité des citoyens du pays pour construire un État démocratique qui libère et transforme la société. Comme le notent les auteurs de ce livre, de nombreux observateurs considéraient également le pays* durant les premières années de son indépendance comme un « modèle de renaissance africaine » prometteur. états dans le monde.

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