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While randomly browsing the internet today, I came across an interesting about two [2] key types of nationalism, worth sharing and studying by all of us together, especially we #Africans. I then copied and reproduced the Lesson verbatim into a posting, and I kindly invite you to check it out from the said posting hereafter ??

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??Instructor: Christopher Muscato

??Instructor’s bio: Chris has a master's degree in history and teaches at the University of Northern Colorado [in the US].

??Cite this lesson: Muscato, C. (2018, March 19). Civic Nationalism vs. Ethnic Nationalism. [In] Study.com <https://study.com/academy/lesson/civic-nationalism-vs-ethnic-nationalism.html >.

??[Introducing the Lesson]

Ethnic nationalism is a shared ethnic or cultural identity, while civic nationalism reflects a shared sense of government and political rights. [Lesson objective: Learner to be able to…] Compare and contrast these two concepts while gaining a deeper understanding of how national identities evolve.

??Table of Contents

* Nationalism & the Nation-State

* Ethnic Nationalism

* Civic Nationalism

* Lesson Summary

??Nationalism & the Nation-State

What's your national identity? There's a lot more that goes into this question than you may think. In the broadest terms, we're talking identification with a specific nation-state. Okay, so what's that?

A nation-state is a combination of two things: the nation, and the state (no big surprises there). A nation is a community of people who share a common but broad identity, and the state is the political unit which binds them together within a set of defined borders. In essence, a nation-state is a country, and nationalism is your identification with that country.

??Ethnic Nationalism

First is what we call ethnic nationalism. In this theory, the nation is created by a shared ethnic and/or cultural identity. Basically, people with common language, religion, customs, and cultural traditions are united through their commonalities and form a nation. That nation is the basis for the state, the political structure, and borders. This means that in ethnic nationalism, the government must identify with a single ethnic group and be seen as representative of them.

We can also understand ethnic nationalism by what it's not. Since ethnic nationalism creates national identity through pre-existing characteristics like ethnicity, it's not based on any sense of equal political or social rights. Divisions by class and wealth can exist without being seen as immoral or unfair because the nation isn't defined by political unity, just ethnic unity.

??Civic Nationalism

So, if the English live in England and the French live in France, then who lives in the United States of America? There's no such thing as a United-Statesian ethnicity. That's because the USA is an example of a country founded not by ethnic nationalism, but civic nationalism.

In civic nationalism, the nation is created and unified by a shared sense of government and political rights. You are a member of the nation if you have political citizenship, not if you belong to a certain ethnic group. Anybody can become a citizen of the United States, regardless of their ethnicity, language, or culture of birth. They don't have to fully assimilate to American culture and abandon all previous sense of identity; instead, they just have to acculturate to American political ideologies.

??Lesson Summary

What is a nation-state, and what is nationalism? Well, a nation-state is a combination of two things: the nation and the state. It's analogous with country. And, nationalism is your identification with that country.

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